| 释义 |
●have a ˈchip on your shoulder (informal) be sensitive about sth that happened in the past and easily offended if it is mentioned, because you think you were treated unfairly （因自觉受过委屈而变得）敏感，易被激怒；摆出寻衅的架势◆He’s got a chip on his shoulder about not having been to college.
他对自己没能上大学这一点很敏感。 ORIGIN This idiom comes from a nineteenth-century US custom. If a boy wanted to fight, he put a small piece of wood on his shoulder. He would begin a fight with whoever knocked the chip of wood off his shoulder. 这个习语源于 19 世纪的美国民俗。男孩要寻衅打架时就肩扛一根木条，谁把木条碰掉他就会跟谁打架。 |