chip on your shoulder
US /tʃɪp ɑn jʊɚ ˈʃoʊldɚ/
・UK /tʃɪp ɒn jɔ: ˈʃəuldə/
B2
idm.Holding a grudge or feeling resentful.
He has a chip on his shoulder about not getting the promotion.
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7 Common English Idioms (and Their Origins) — Over the Top, Scot-Free & More
- You walk around with a chip on your shoulder, you're always looking for a verbal fight or a physical fight or a problem, okay?
You walk around with a chip on your shoulder, you're always looking for a verbal fight or a physical fight or a problem, okay?
- And you go, you walk around with a chip on your shoulder.
And you go, you walk around with a chip on your shoulder.
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- First, it puts a chip on your shoulder to prove everybody wrong and that can be a powerful motivator.
First, it puts a chip on your shoulder to prove everybody wrong and that can be a powerful motivator.
- Two interesting things happen when people underestimate you first, it puts a chip on your shoulder to prove everybody wrong and that can be a powerful motivator.
Two interesting things happen when people underestimate you first, it puts a chip on your shoulder to prove everybody wrong and that can be a powerful motivator.