| 词组 | chip on your shoulder |
| 释义 | Idiom chip on your shouldera chip on (your) shoulder a tendency to be easily angered or upset.He always acted as if he was better than us and went around with a chip on his shoulder. chip on your shoulder noun a grievance or a sense of inferiority which is often manifested in defiance or ill-humoured behaviour. Derives, probably, from juvenile conflict: when two boys were determined to fight, a chip of wood was placed on the shoulder of one, and the other challenged to knock it off US, 1855a chip on (one's) shoulderAn 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. *chip on one's shoulderFig. a bad attitude that tends to get someone easily upset. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give one ~.) Why did you get so angry at the slightest criticism? You seem to have a chip on your shoulder. chip on one's shoulderA belligerent attitude or grievance, as in Mary is easily offended; she always has a chip on her shoulder. This term actually was defined in a newspaper article ( Long Island Telegraph, May 20, 1830): "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." [Early 1800s] a chip on your shouldera 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. informalIn 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’. chip on (one's) shoulder A habitually hostile or combative attitude. |
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