10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAVE HAD ONE'S CHIPS»
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... 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 chip off
the old block. have had one's chips have had all one's chances of success and to
...
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
2 to have had one's chips. To be beaten, finished, killed, etc. 1959–.
TECHNOLOGY The St. Albans lot will have had their chips by this time next week
(1961). Chips noun mainly naval (A nickname for) a carpenter. 1785–. chisel verb
trans.
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
to have had one's chips 1. ( P ) ttfTHfc : & * ; *Hfcz (P)!tfe-5E ; *^r(They'v< had
their chips\ fifefrlE^g ! ) to spit chips SPIT * when the chips are down (P) ft fa ,#.
111 M ; SIlilBf M (Usually Peter complains quite a lot, but when the chips are
down, ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
... 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 chips colloq A to have failed
or been beaten.
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
From the early 20th century. chippy, adj. resentfully envious, having a chip on
one's shoulder. 1970s. chips in to have had (one's) chips, to have died, to be
dead. Since 1917. See also cash in (one's) chips. choc (often pl.) chocolate, as in
a box ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... down Gambling and betting have given the language a number of idiomatic
expressions: bat one's bottom dollar to bet everything one has (used to express
certainty). cash in one's chips to die. have had one's chips to suffer a serious loss
or ...
... away, pass over. SLANG EXPRESSIONS FOR 'TO DIE' (2 words) conk out, peg
out, snuff it. (3 words) bite the dust, have had it, kick the bucket, pop one's clogs. (
4 words) cash in one's chips, go for a burton, have had one's chips, hop (or ...
Stephen Curtis, Martin Manser, 2000
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
... zubuttern: zubuttern 9 zulegen: zulegen . zuschießen: (zu etw.) (etwas/...)
zuschießen . zusetzen: zusetzen to chip s.th. in zuzahlen: zuzahlen chips to have
had one's chips aufstehen: nicht mehr] nicht wieder aufstehen . erledigt: erledigt ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
that someone will give him an excuse for a fight by knocking it off] have had one's
chips (si) to have had all the chances of success that one is likely to be given and
to have failed: He didn't turn up for the interview, so I'm afraid he's had his ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
a chip off the old block: a person who is like his father in character have a chip on
one's shoulder: be bitter have had one's chips: be dead or defeated when the
chips are down: when a crisis point is reached ...
