hips イディオム

chips are down

(See when the chips are down)

let the chips fall where they may

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when the chips are down

when the right decision must be made, when you must win When the chips are down - when we are losing - we play better. We need to be challenged.

chips

money

ships that pass in the night

Idiom(s): ships that pass in the night

Theme: ENCOUNTER

people who meet each other briefly by chance and who are unlikely to meet again.
• Mary wanted to see Jim again, but to him, they were ships that passed in the night.
• When you travel a lot on business, you meet many ships that pass in the night.

in the chips

Idiom(s): in the chips

Theme: WEALTH

wealthy; with much money.
• John is a stock trader, and occasionally he's in the chips.
• Bill really came into the chips when his uncle died.

cash in one's chips

Idiom(s): cash in one's chips

Theme: DAYDREAM

to die. (Slang. From an expression in the card game poker.)
• Bob cashed in his chips yesterday.
• I'm too young to cash in my chips.

Loose lips sink ships.

Disclosing important information ( to the enemy or a competitor) could result in large losses.

Cash in your chips

If you cash in your chips, you sell something to get what profit you can because you think its value is going to fall. It can also mean 'to die'.

Cheap as chips

(UK) If something is very inexpensive, it is as cheap as chips.

Loose lips sink ships

To have loose lips means to have a big mouth, susceptible to talking about everything and everyone. Sinking ships refers to anything from small acquaintances to long and hearty relationships (with friends or a significant other). So when one says loose lips sink ships, one is basically saying if you can't shut up you are going to end hurting people, usually psychologically or emotionally.Loose lips sink ships comes from World War I and/or WWII, when sailors on leave from their ships might talk about what ship they sailed on or where it had come from, or where it was going. If they talked too much (had 'loose lips') they might accidentally provide the enemy with anecdotal information that might later cause their ship to be tracked, and bombed and sunk, hence 'Loose lips sink ships.' Later, it came to mean any excessive talk might sabotage a project.

Shipshape and Bristol fashion

If things are shipshape and Bristol fashion, they are in perfect working order.

fish-and-chips|chips|fish

n. phr. Fried fish and french fried potatoes. The family went to a drive-in restaurant and had fish-and-chips.

in the chips|chips

slang or informal

let the chips fall where they may|chip|chips|fall|

v. phr. To pay no attention to the displeasure caused others by your actions. The senator decided to vote against the bill and let the chips fall where they may. The police chief told his men to give tickets to all speeders and let the chips fall where they may.
Compare: COME WHAT MAY.

shipshape

adj. In perfect condition; in good order. After we left the islands, we left the rented car shipshape for the next driver.

when the chips are down|chips|down|when

adv. cl., informal When the winner and loser of a bet or a game are decided; at the most important or dangerous time. Tom hit a home run in the last inning of the game when the chips were down. When the chips were down, the two countries decided not to have war. (From the fact that in gambling games, a person puts chips or money down in front of him to show that he is willing to risk an amount in a bet.)