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Was bedeutet don't get all chippy ?
Was bedeutet don't get all chippy ?
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Chippy, means to be quite sensitive to something simeine says or does, and maybe react badly.
For example, if someone makes fun of you for spilling coffee on your shirt, but you're worried about how you'll look in the meeting you are going to, you might be quite cross, or aggressive when you respond. That's when the other person might say "Alright, don't get all chippy, I was only joking"
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Chippy, means to be quite sensitive to something simeine says or does, and maybe react badly.
For example, if someone makes fun of you for spilling coffee on your shirt, but you're worried about how you'll look in the meeting you are going to, you might be quite cross, or aggressive when you respond. That's when the other person might say "Alright, don't get all chippy, I was only joking"
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A linked expression is "He has a chip on his shoulder (about something)" which means that someone is generally quite sensitive on a topic. Maybe "He has a chip on his shoulder that he grew up in a poor household so now he likes to spend lots of money on nice clothes that he never had as a child". In this example, he doesn't want anyone thinking he might be poor, and if someone were to say anything, he might 'get a bit chippy' about it.
Chippy, by the way, is also what we call a chip shop (chips = fries but decent sized ones, not the skinny things you get from McDonalds for example).
Chippy is also a name for a carpenter, one who is a builder not so much one who makes furniture.
Neither of the last two ideas are linked to the first.
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@SvenRufus Ohh i got it thank you so much for the clear explanation, really appreciate it.
Also the mcdonalds chips part cracks me up hahaha
Also the mcdonalds chips part cracks me up hahaha
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