a chip on your shoulder

a chip on (one's) shoulder

An attitude that leads one to become combative or easily angered. Fred has such a chip on his shoulder—you never know what's going to set him off next. She won't admit it, but Kate has a chip on her shoulder when it comes to discussing her career.

a chip on your shoulder

a strong and usually long-standing inclination to feel resentful or aggrieved, often about a particular thing; a sense of inferiority characterized by a quickness to take offence. informal

In 1830 the Long Island Telegraph described the practice which gave rise to this expression: ‘When two churlish boys were determined to fight, a chip would be placed on the shoulder of one, and the other demanded to knock it off at his peril’.

词组	a chip on your shoulder
释义	a chip on your shoulder a chip on (one's) shoulder An attitude that leads one to become combative or easily angered. Fred has such a chip on his shoulder—you never know what's going to set him off next. She won't admit it, but Kate has a chip on her shoulder when it comes to discussing her career. See also: chip, on, shoulder Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. a chip on your shoulder a strong and usually long-standing inclination to feel resentful or aggrieved, often about a particular thing; a sense of inferiority characterized by a quickness to take offence. informal In 1830 the Long Island Telegraph described the practice which gave rise to this expression: ‘When two churlish boys were determined to fight, a chip would be placed on the shoulder of one, and the other demanded to knock it off at his peril’. See also: chip, on, shoulder Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: chip on one's shoulder chip on shoulder a chip on (one's) shoulder have a chip on (one's) shoulder have a chip on your shoulder have a quick temper quick temper short temper be on/have a short fuse have a short fuse
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