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a chip on your shoulder

Portuguese translation: está com a macaca ; está virado no molho dos coentros

10:58 Nov 29, 2009
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English term or phrase: a chip on your shoulder
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I'm looking for some similar expression in Portuguese.
Denis Paolillo
Brazil
Local time: 19:31
Portuguese translation:está com a macaca ; está virado no molho dos coentros
Explanation:
Pelo menos na minha terra, essas são expressões bem comuns.
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imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 19:31
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4estar de mal com a vida
Carla Lopes
5está com a macaca ; está virado no molho dos coentros
imatahan
4ser irritável
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4com duas pedras na mão / mau feitio
José Crespo
2estar amuado
Edna Almeida
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explicação em inglês
Carla Lopes

  

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estar de mal com a vida


Explanation:
ver: http://www.oitoronto.ca/2009/09/piece-of-cake-que-moleza/

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Carla Lopes
Portugal
Local time: 23:31
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 28

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ser irritável


Explanation:
Outra sugestão, dependendo do contexto...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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com duas pedras na mão / mau feitio


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estar amuado


Explanation:
segundo o Michaelis

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está com a macaca ; está virado no molho dos coentros


Explanation:
Pelo menos na minha terra, essas são expressões bem comuns.

imatahan
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Reference comments


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Reference: explicação em inglês

Reference information:
A person who has "a chip on his shoulder" is angry because of some thing that happened in the past. Example: "He lost his game this morning, and now he has a chip on his shoulder." It is easy for a person to get in a fight when he has a chip on his shoulder, because he is already angry about something else. Example: "Watch out for that guy, he's got a chip on his shoulder." To start a fight, men used to put chips of wood on their shoulder and challenge others to "try to knock it off". Example: "What's bothering that guy?" Reply: "Nothing. He's just got a chip on the shoulder." Example: "Tom had a tough time growing up, so he's got a bit of a chip on his shoulder." You can use the definite article ("the") which sounds more general ("a chip on the shoulder"), but more often people use the personal pronoun ("his", "her", "their") to say that that specific person has "a chip on his (her, their) shoulder."

Carla Lopes
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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