| 单词 | to have a chip on one's shoulder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a chip on one's shoulder P3. Originally U.S. to have a chip on one's shoulder and variants: to be argumentative, quarrelsome, or unnecessarily combative; (now chiefly) to be defensive, resentful, or quick to take offence, esp. as a result of a grievance (real or perceived). [Originally with reference to a means of issuing a challenge or provocation to fight in which a boy placed a chip of wood on his shoulder and dared his opponent to attempt to knock it off; see quots. 1817, 1830.] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] wrathc900 disdain1297 indignationc1384 heavinessc1386 gall1390 offencea1393 mislikinga1400 despitec1400 rankling?a1425 jealousyc1475 grudge1477 engaigne1489 grutch1541 outrage1572 dudgeon1573 indignance1590 indignity1596 spleen1596 resentiment1606 dolour1609 resentment1613 endugine1638 stomachosity1656 ressentiment1658 resent1680 umbrage1724 resentfulness1735 niff1777 indignancy1790 saeva indignatio1796 hard feeling1803 grudgement1845 to have a chip on one's shoulder1856 affrontedness1878 spike1890 1817 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South II. xl. 250 The boyish custom of knocking a chip off the shoulder. 1830 Long Island Tel. (Hempstead, N.Y.) 20 May 3/5 When two churlish boys were determined to fight, a chip would be placed on the shoulder of one, and the other demanded to knock it off at his peril.] 1856 Daily Hawk-eye & Tel. (Burlington, Iowa) 30 May Our friend ‘fuss and feathers’ Sanders, walks to and fro at the end of ‘the bridge’, with a chip on his shoulder, declaring that the Davenport Gazette is the greatest paper that ever fluttered. 1903 N.Y. Sun 1 Nov. Who, they say, wears a chip on his shoulder because he didn't get the Republican nomination for City Treasurer. 1930 W. S. Maugham Gent. in Parlour xliv. 271 He was a man with a chip on his shoulder. Everyone seemed in a conspiracy to slight or injure him. 2007 Independent on Sunday 7 Oct. (New Review) 79/1 It started with one guy, who had a chip on his shoulder because he felt he had been scapegoated. < as lemmas |
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