have a chip on (one's) shoulder Idiom

chip on his shoulder

in a fighting mood, looking for a fight Ron has a chip on his shoulder. He's arguing with everybody.

cold shoulder

(See give you the cold shoulder)

give someone the cold shoulder

be unfriendly to someone He gave her the cold shoulder at the party.

give you the cold shoulder

be unfriendly toward you, turn away from you, stand away If you forget her birthday she

head and shoulders

superior, better, a cut above Her work is superior - head and shoulders above the others.

look over your shoulder

look to see who is following you He's always looking over his shoulder to see who's after him.

on one's shoulders

one's responsibility I don't want to have the failure of the project on my shoulders.

put your shoulder to the wheel

begin to work If you want a share of the profits, put your shoulder to the wheel.

rub elbows or shoulders with someone

be in the same place (with others), meet and mix with others We went to the party in order to rub shoulders with some interesting artists.

rub elbows/shoulders

be in the same place (with others), meet and mix At the party we were able to rub elbows with many important people.

have a dent on (one's) shoulder

To accept an attitude that leads one to become antagonistic or calmly angered. Fred has such a dent on his shoulder—you never apperceive what's activity to set him off next. She won't accept it, but Kate has a dent on her accept back it comes to discussing her career.Learn more: chip, have, on, shoulder

have a dent on your shoulder

COMMON If addition has a dent on their shoulder, they feel affronted and affronted because they anticipate that they accept been advised unfairly, abnormally because of their background. She thinks he has a dent on his accept because he didn't go to university. Note: You can additionally use chip-on-shoulder or chip-on-the-shoulder afore a noun. This array of chip-on-the-shoulder bellicism makes neighbouring countries nervous. Note: There is a adventure that in America in the past, men sometimes counterbalanced a baby allotment of copse on one accept in the achievement that addition would beating it off and accord them an alibi to alpha a fight. Learn more: chip, have, on, shoulder

have a ˈchip on your shoulder

(informal) be acute about article that happened in the accomplished and calmly affronted if it is mentioned, because you anticipate you were advised unfairly: He’s got a dent on his accept about not accepting been to college.This argot comes from a nineteenth-century US custom. If a boy capital to fight, he put a baby allotment of copse on his shoulder. He would activate a action with whoever agape the dent of copse off his shoulder.Learn more: chip, have, on, shoulder

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