“Have a chip on your shoulder”
Feelingsඅර්ථ දැක්වීම
අසාධාරණ ලෙස සලකනු ලබන බව හැඟෙන නිසා අමනාප වීමට සහ පහසුවෙන් අමනාප වීමට.
English: To be resentful and easily offended because you feel unfairly treated.
උදාහරණ
උදාහරණ
1 / 2“He has a chip on his shoulder about being passed over for promotion.”
උසස්වීමක් සඳහා ඔහුව නොසලකා හැරීම නිසා ඔහුට අමනාපයක් දැනෙන අතර පහසුවෙන් අමනාප වේ.
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
He has a chip on his shoulder about being passed over for promotion.Compare with the original example
He has a chip on his shoulder about being passed over for promotion.
උසස්වීමක් සඳහා ඔහුව නොසලකා හැරීම නිසා ඔහුට අමනාපයක් දැනෙන අතර පහසුවෙන් අමනාප වේ.
Write a two-line conversation using “Have a chip on your shoulder”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryනිතර අසන ප්රශ්න
- What does "Have a chip on your shoulder" mean?
- "Have a chip on your shoulder" means අසාධාරණ ලෙස සලකනු ලබන බව හැඟෙන නිසා අමනාප වීමට සහ පහසුවෙන් අමනාප වීමට.
- How do you use "Have a chip on your shoulder" in a sentence?
- Example: "He has a chip on his shoulder about being passed over for promotion."
- Should I interpret "Have a chip on your shoulder" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.