10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAVE A CHIP ON ONE'S SHOULDER»
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
(New York Times) have a care bej me shume kujdes □ Have a care not to slip
when you climb on the roof. have a chip on one's shoulder eshte mbushur gjithe
mllef □ She 's got a chip on her shoulder about not having gone to university.
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Stedman's Guide to Idioms: Know the Lingo
Have a chip on (one's) shoulder Everyone went to Joe's to hang out for the
evening. Hard-and-fast Rigid, especially when applied to rules, laws, or
regulations. The hospital has a hard-and-fast rule about breaching patient
confidentiality.
shoulder give (someone) the cold shoulder see cold. have a chip on one's
shoulder see chip. have a head on one's shoulders see head. have broad
shoulders to be able to accept a great deal of responsibility: Blame me if you like
— I've got ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
shoulder give (someone) the cold shoulder see cold. have a chip on one's
shoulder see chip. have a head on one's shoulders see head. have broad
shoulders to be able to accept a great deal of responsibility: Blame me if you like
— I've got ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To have a chip on one's shoulder (APP 69; EAP 72; MP 113) 1943 they inevitably
went around with their shoulders hunched and a chip on both. (p. 97) 1943 He
had all the chip-on-the-shoulder characteristics. (p. 147) Charteris, Leslie.
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
CHIP have a chip on one's shoulder have a rather aggressive manner He has
had a chip on his shoulder ever since he was rusticated. a chip off the old block
someone who has the traits of his parents She was as kind as her mother—a real
...
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"Translation is Required": The Septuagint in Retrospect and ...
In English, “to have a chip on one's shoulder” does not mean that something is
actually situated on one's shoulder but, according to one definition, to have “a
harboured grievance or sense of inferiority and being quick to take offence.”4
More ...
Robert James Victor Hiebert, 2010
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Interpretation: Techniques and Exercises
an arm and a leg / within earshot / back-breaking / to be on someone's back / to
slip through one's fingers / to turn one's back on / to have a chip on one's
shoulder / not to lift a finger / the long arm of the law / to wear your heart on your
sleeve ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
a chip off the old block colloq someone who strongly resembles one of their
parents in personality, behaviour or appearance, have a chip on one's shoulder
colloq to feel resentful about something, especially unreasonably, have had
one's ...
To have a chip on one's shoulder (a) to have a deep-cut wound on one's
shoulder (b) to be deserving of praise (c) to have a defiant air (d) to be boastful (e
) to be law-abiding 38. To fish in troubled waters (a) to indulge in evil
conspiracies (b) to ...
