have a chip on your shoulder
informalC2 to seem angry all the time because you think you have been treated unfairly or feel you are not as good as other people:
He's got a chip on his shoulder about not having been to university.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vessel idiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for blood idiom
- froth
- get bent out of shape idiom
- get your knickers in a twist idiom
- go ape idiom
- go nuts idiom
- go off the deep end idiom
- launch
- lose
- postal
- sharp
- storm
- tempers get frayed idiom
- turn in your grave idiom
- umbrage
- wobbly
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