He intimated that just so I stopped short of committing suicide as an inside job all would be fine and dandy.

I do not claim that these were his words; this is the free interpretation of his meaning.

Sink the knife in the butter to the very hilt--there will be no ill effects but only a beneficial outcome--declares such-and-such a food faddist.

Eschew butter by all means or accept the consequences, clarions an earnest voice.

Well, I never was much of a hand for eschewed butter anyway.