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Chip Shoulder Feel She’s Resentful Treated Unfairly Background

Phrase/Idiom chip on your shoulder
Definition If someone has a chip on their shoulder, they feel resentful because they feel they are being treated unfairly, especially because of their background, their sex or their colour.
Example She’s got a chip on her shoulder because she’s from a low-class family.

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