1 a chip on one's shoulder

肩頭的木片(自卑感)

He has a chip on his shoulder. = He has something that bothers him and he doesn't tell people but everyone knows.

他有一種莫名其妙的自卑感,他不說,可大伙都知道.

例子: He doesn't have any friends that are tall and hates all tall people. He really has a chip on his shoulder about being short.

他的朋友沒有高個子,他也不喜歡高個子.身材矮小使他有一種莫名其妙的自卑感.

2.A chip on one's shoulder

肩膀上的木片(喜歡向人挑撥)

He has a chip on his shoulder. = He has a bad temper, but no one knows why.

他脾氣惡劣,沒人知道為什么.

例子: He has a chip on his shoulder about going skiing. I think that maybe he had a bad

accident when he was young and went skiing.

提起滑雪他就脾氣惡劣,我想可能他小時候滑雪出過意外.

3.a couch potato

躺椅上的馬鈴薯(懶鬼)

He is a couch potato. = He is very lazy and watches too much TV sitting on the couch doing nothing.

他是個懶鬼,總是無所事事,靠在躺椅上,看電視看個沒完.

例子: My neighbor's wife often comes over to socialize with us. She complains that ever since her husband retired he has become a couch potato. It seems like he only gets up to eat, use the bathroom, or go to sleep.

鄰居太太常過來串門.她總抱怨自從她丈夫退休以后就變成了一個懶鬼,出了吃飯,上廁所,和上床睡覺以外,總是在躺椅上不起來.