The saying warns against striking too high, or a chip might fall into your eye.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

One of these is the expression, carry a chip on your shoulder.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

A chip is a small piece of something,like a chip of wood.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

Although we run it on a laptop so that we can monitor its operation, the algorithm itself doesn't require a lot of computer power and could easily be run from a chip that has the capabilities of one that's already in insulin pumps or in cell phones."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Later,in the United States, some people would put a real chip on their shoulder as a test.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

The researchers tested their desalination process on a computer chip the size of a postage stamp.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Mister Opiang also placed a computer chip into the skin of the animals for identification purposes.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Often,my friends and I will chip in or pay jointly for a fun night out.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

The word chip appears in a number of special American expressions.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

That could be good advice. If you strike high up on a tree with an axe, the chip of wood that is cut off will fall into your eye.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

How did this chip get on a person's shoulder?

VOA: special.2010.01.17

"You are always going to have racism, you are always going to have sexism, you are always going to have classism, that is something that we cannot change in one fell swoop, but with work and efforts like what is being done at IMAN, we chip away at that, one person,one character, one idea at a time."

VOA: standard.2010.03.15