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Meaning of have a chip on your shoulder in English

have a chip on your shoulder

idiom   informal
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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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming angry and expressing anger
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(Definition of have a chip on your shoulder from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of have a chip on your shoulder

in Chinese (Traditional)
（因覺得受委屈或不如別人優秀而）生氣，耿耿於懷…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
（因觉得受委屈或不如别人优秀而）生气，耿耿于怀…
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in Spanish
estar resentido…
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in Portuguese
ter complexo de inferioridade…
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in Russian
mieć pretensje do całego świata…
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yapılanları hazmedememek, içerlemek…
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носить груз обид, обвинять других в своих бедах…
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