在日常沟通中，用短语俚语代替单词，可以让口语表达更加地道！

Gloat (over) 幸灾乐祸

1) How can you gloat over your successes when your sister is so sad about not getting the offer?

2) You just got lucky, OK, so quit gloating over your victory.

Hold up one's end 信守承诺

1) I've paid my share setting up this business—now it's time for you to hold up your end.

2) Jo didn't hold up her end of the bargain, so we're excluding her from the deal.

Hold one's end up 承担责任

3) You're not holding your end up. We're having to do your share of the work.

Break ground 动工；突破

1) They broke ground on the new corporate headquarters today, but it will be years before we can actually move into it. (动工)

2) We are breaking ground in the law here and have to proceed cautiously.(突破)

Come around 幡然醒悟； 避免； 清醒； 拜访

1) I think he was beginning to see the benefits of our plan, but he'll never come around now that you've insulted him. What caused you to come round to our way of thinking? (幡然醒悟)

2) I came around the block to avoid the house with the scary dog. (避免)

3) The patient who'd been knocked out finally came around. (清醒)

4) Now that you're living in our neighborhood, please come around whenever you want. (拜访)

Take a dive 打假拳； 崩盘

1) Heavily favored to dominate the match against the challenger, the defending champion has been suspected of taking a dive in the championship match last Saturday. (打假拳)

2) The market took a dive over the weekend after Trump's speech regarding Covid-19. (崩盘)

Toe to toe 针锋相对

1) The literary magazine and the science club are going toe-to-toe for extra funding this year.