1 a chip on one's shoulder

肩头的木片(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.

他有一种莫名其妙的自卑感,他不说,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.

他的朋友没有高个子,他也不喜欢高个子.身材矮小使他有一种莫名其妙的自卑感.

2.A chip on one's shoulder

肩膀上的木片(喜欢向人挑拨)

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

他脾气恶劣,没人知道为什么.

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.

提起滑雪他就脾气恶劣,我想可能他小时候滑雪出过意外.

3.a couch potato

躺椅上的马铃薯(懒鬼)

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

他是个懒鬼,总是无所事事,靠在躺椅上,看电视看个没完.

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.

邻居太太常过来串门.她总抱怨自从她丈夫退休以后就变成了一个懒鬼,出了吃饭,上厕所,和上床睡觉以外,总是在躺椅上不起来.