Carry a chip on one's shoulder
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 6An angry attitude from someone who feels unfairly treated
मन में गाँठ रखना
He carried a chip on his shoulder for four years.
A chip on the shoulder is visible to everyone else.
Daily use: Uske shoulder pe chip thi.
एक ऐसे इंसान को सोचिए जो पुराना गुस्सा या grudge कंधे पर बोझ की तरह हर जगह ढोता रहता है। Carry a chip on one's shoulder = बीते समय में हुए अन्याय की वजह से नाराज़ रहना।
Picture a person who keeps carrying an old anger or grudge, like a load on his shoulder, wherever he goes. To carry a chip on one's shoulder is to have an angry attitude because one feels one was treated unfairly in the past.
Meaning 'an angry attitude from someone who feels unfairly treated' है। Related options: rancour, bad blood; opposite: magnanimity, forgiveness।
The meaning is 'an angry attitude from someone who feels unfairly treated'. Related options are rancour and 'bad blood'; the opposites are magnanimity and forgiveness.