表达自己立场的实例

1. knockoff 仿冒品

knockoff为美国俚语，特指未经许可而非法仿冒、以贱价在市场出售的物品。

Even though it's illegal, you can get cheap knockoffs of almost every kind of high quality watch on the streets of Hong Kong.
尽管不合法，在香港街道上，人们还是可以买到各式各样的高级手表廉价仿冒品。

2. take (someone) to court 向法院控诉（某方）

court是"法院；法庭"； take是"带"的意思，表示将某人或某事提起上诉，其后可接人或事。To也可用into代替。这个词组相当于"haul（someone）into court"，"haul"为"拖；拉"。
It says in our agreement you'd deliver the goods by this Friday; if they aren't here by then, I'm taking you to court.
约中规定你必须在周五前把货送到；如果没有运到，我要向法院控告你。

3. cut one's own throat 自杀；自取灭亡

Throat 是"喉咙"；这个词组的字面意思是"抹脖子；自刎"，比喻自取灭亡。"cut...throat"用在其它词组中，有不同的含意，例如：cut one another's throats为"互相残杀"。
Paul cut his own throat by talking about how bad Sue is as manager, because people thought he would talk bad about them too.
Paul老是说Sue是差劲的经理，这简直是自掘坟墓；因为大家认为他八成也会说每个人的坏话。