‘Oh! if I only could get him to knock a chip off my shoulder, and so get round the law, I would give him one of the soundest thrashings he ever had.’
Leland, in his last issue, struts out with a chip on his shoulder, and dares Bush to knock it off.
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chip on one's shoulder — phrasal Etymology: so called fr. the allusion to a chip of wood placed on the shoulder to be knocked off as a challenge to fight : a challenging or bellicose attitude * * * chip on one s shoulder 1. An aggressively defiant manner, as if daring… … Useful english dictionary
chip on one's shoulder — idi chip on one s shoulder, an antagonistic or quarrelsome disposition … From formal English to slang
chip on one's shoulder — {n. phr.}, {informal} A quarrelsome nature; readiness to be angered. * /He went through life with a chip on his shoulder./ * /Jim often gets into fights because he goes around with a chip on his shoulder./ … Dictionary of American idioms
chip on one's shoulder — {n. phr.}, {informal} A quarrelsome nature; readiness to be angered. * /He went through life with a chip on his shoulder./ * /Jim often gets into fights because he goes around with a chip on his shoulder./ … Dictionary of American idioms
chip\ on\ one's\ shoulder — n. phr. informal A quarrelsome nature; readiness to be angered. He went through life with a chip on his shoulder. Jim often gets into fights because he goes around with a chip on his shoulder … Словарь американских идиом
a chip on one's shoulder — ► a chip on one s shoulder informal a deeply ingrained grievance. Main Entry: ↑chip … English terms dictionary
chip on one's shoulder — phrasal a challenging or belligerent attitude … New Collegiate Dictionary
chip on one's shoulder — aggressive and combative attitude, belligerence … English contemporary dictionary
chip on one's shoulder, have a — Bear a grudge, either for a particular reason or against the world in general … A concise dictionary of English slang
a chip on one's shoulder — informal a deeply ingrained grievance. → chip … English new terms dictionary
