2007-01-13 18:01:23 · 5 answers · asked by UserJoe9 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
chip on (one's) shoulder
A habitually hostile or combative attitude.
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have a chip on your shoulder to feel inferior or badly treated and so act in an oversensitive and resentful manner (informal)
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2007-01-13 18:06:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You think you have been wronged by someone or humanity as a whole, you tend to lash out at people if they hit that spot.
2007-01-13 18:05:44 · answer #2 · answered by shadycaliber 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To carry a grouse. To feel that you have been treated unfairly and hence show your unhappiness.
2007-01-13 18:11:10 · answer #3 · answered by Swamy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that you've got something on your mind that you just cannot overlook or overcome.
2007-01-13 18:09:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
means your pissed off at the world for no reason other then your personality
2007-01-13 18:05:52 · answer #5 · answered by Shawn S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋