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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Chip on one's shoulder

Hi

I assume chip on one's shoulder is a common idiom. I just want to ask if it is more British than American -- I mean, is this idiom not very common in AmE?

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/have-a-chip-on-your-shoulder

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Ngrams suggest the idiom is fairly common in both varieties. Click here and then change the search corpus to American English.

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  • Ngrams suggest the idiom is fairly common in both varieties.
  • Click here and then change the search corpus to American English.
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Ngrams suggest the idiom is fairly common in both varieties.

Click here and then change the search corpus to American English.
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Mr. Tomchip on one's shoulder is a common idiom.
Yes it is. There are many idioms with "chip" or "chips".

He's a chip off the old block.
When the chips are down, don't give up.
He cashed in his chips.
Let the chips fall where they may.
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