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Sugar the butter, butter the toast

“I won’t sugar the butter, but I will butter the toast”
A phrase meaning you don’t have any good news, but you’ll give the news regardless. Another way of saying, “I won’t sugar coat this”

“I have some bad news for you”
“Well, don’t sugar the butter, butter the toast”

by Jamesmonr January 23, 2018