英语词汇chip on one-s shoulder的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

chip on one’s shoulder. In 1830 the Long Island Telegraph in Hempstead, New York reported that “When two churlish boys were determined to fight, a chip would be placed on the shoul- der of one, and the other demanded to knock it off at his peril.” From this New York State boyhood custom, first recorded above, comes the expression to have a chip on one’s shoulder, “to be sullen or angry, looking for a fight.” The phrase itself isn’t re- corded until 1934, but is probably much older.

词汇	chip on one-s shoulder
词源	chip on one’s shoulder. In 1830 the Long Island Telegraph in Hempstead, New York reported that “When two churlish boys were determined to fight, a chip would be placed on the shoul- der of one, and the other demanded to knock it off at his peril.” From this New York State boyhood custom, first recorded above, comes the expression to have a chip on one’s shoulder, “to be sullen or angry, looking for a fight.” The phrase itself isn’t re- corded until 1934, but is probably much older.
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