Oct 30th: strawman solution

strawman is

Strawman solution is a solution which is very weak, vulnerable, easy to break.

Oct 29th: break my leg

A: I have a interview today.
B: Oh, break my leg!


Break my leg: Good luck! (A special theatrical way of wishing a performer good luck. Saying good luck is considered to be a jinx.)

Oct 28th: suave

Girl: Every time you looked at me and said those suave little things you said, you lied to me!

A girl found out that a man (her boyfriend) has a child. So she came to him and said the above sentence.

suave: (esp. of a man) charming, confident, and elegant.


One more thing. This is from apple.

"if everyone is busy making everything how anyone perfect anything?

Oct 27th: wall-to-wall

When you go to the party with a lot of foods,
you can say "It's wall-to-wall food here".

Or, if there are a lot of girls,
"It's wall to wall girls here". haha.

wall-to-wall: covered with something in all places

Oct 26th: hit the road

It'll take 4 hours to get the arches national park.

We have to hit the road early in the morning.

hit the road: set out on a journey

Oct 25th: cut out

Whenever I cook, the taste is not good.
Maybe I'm not cut out for cooking.

cut out: To suit or fit by nature

Oct 24th: goof around

For the first two days of fall break, I was just goofing around.

goof around: do nothing

Oct 23rd: butterflies in one's stomach

I did have a test yesterday.
I had butterflies in my stomach before the test!!

butterflies in one's stomach: nervous

Oct 22nd: water cooler

MAN: You and me working under the same roof, gossiping by the water cooler.
WOMAN: Yeah, or being gossiped about.

water cooler talks: gossips

I think we had similar idiom in ESL... do you remember? 

Oct 21st: The feeling is mutual

A: I guess I just don't like you very much.
B: The feeling is mutual.


Or this is the better example.

A: I like you so much! You are gorgeous!
B: The feeling is mutual :)

Oct 20th: juggle around

A man called and said. "I'll come to you this weekend!"

A woman said.
"
Oh, that a short notice!
I'll just have to juggle some things around.
I'm working this weekend.
"


juggle around: "to alter the position or sequence of someone or something"

Oct 19th: back on one's feet

Rest, fluids, some Antibiotics and you will be back on your feet in no time.

When you catch a cold, the doctor can say 
"Rest, fluids, some antibiotics and you will be back on your feet in no time"

back on one's feet: recovered from an illness and out of one's sickbed. 

Oct 19th. the superlative I've ever seen.

This is the first pattern.

the superlative I've ever seen.

You're the most rude person I've ever seen.
He's the most talkative man I've ever seen.
She's the most picky customer I've ever seen.
You're the funniest person I've ever seen.
You're the craziest person I've ever seen.
It's the best movie I've ever seen.


You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen.
- I will use this expression when I pop the question.

tip) pop the question means "ask somebody to marry you"
ex) How did you pop the question?
ex) It's the perfect place to pop the question.

Oct 17th: per se

While I'm not a professional nanny, per se, I'm a collage graduate,,,


"Per se" is a Latin phrase, and it means "through itself" or "in itself".

While I'm not a professional driver, per se, I've driven for over 10 years and did not have any accident.

Oct 16th: Cut me some slack

Cut me some slack.


It means
1) "give me some break"
2) to allow someone a reprieve from the consequences of an action


E.g. Please cut me some slack, I'm a international student and I was just a few miles over the speed limit.

Oct 15th: Cover

Cover for me till I get back.


Situation:
I'm gonna run for an hour.
I can say to you "cover for me till I get back" with handing over my cell phone.

Oct 12th: one over the other

Why do I have to choose one over the other?
I mean both need my help.

Oct 11th: Under the influence

Do you remember anything you said while you were under the influence?


"Someone is under the influence" means he is drunken :)
We can say that sentence the day after we drink.



Update on Oct 16th.
I saw this expression on the below paper which I got at the student health center.