Direction: In the following questions four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
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have a chip on one’s shoulder
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- nurse a grudge
- feel physically tall
- suffer an ailment
- carry a burden
Correct Option: A
have a chip on one's shoulder: to be sensitive about something that happened in the past; nurse a grudge or grievance that readily provokes disputation. Here, nurse a grudgeis the right option. Look at the sentence :
● He has got a chip on his shoulder about not having been to university.
