"Butter bei die Fische" meaning in German

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “butter with the fish” (plural). Compare Dutch boter bij de vis (with a similar, but not entirely identical meaning).\nThe idiom is grammatically peculiar because it uses the accusative case (die Fische) with the preposition bei, which is incorrect by contemporary standard rules. The phrase is from a German Low German source. In many High and Low German dialects the word for by can express location (with dative) but also movement (with accusative). Compare other German prepositions varying between dative and accusative in the same way, e.g. in, auf, etc.",
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          "text": "Kommt, Jungs! Gebt mal bisschen Butter bei die Fische und wir gewinnen das Spiel!",
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