| 单词 | a chip on one's shoulder |
| 释义 | a chip on one's shoulder informal An ingrained feeling of resentment deriving from a sense of inferiority and sometimes marked by aggressive behaviour: I had a dirty great chip on my shoulder—I thought everybody was against me...
From an old custom of placing a chip of wood on one's shoulder as a challenge to a rival: if the rival knocked the chip off they were agreeing to fight See parent entry: chip |
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