a chip on (one's) shoulder An attitude that leads one to become combative or easily angered. Fred has such a chip on his shoulderâyou never know what's going to set him off next. She won't admit it, but Kate has a chip on her shoulder when it comes to discussing her career. See also: chip, on, shoulder *chip on one's shoulder. Fig. a bad attitude that tends to get someone easily upset. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give one ~.) Why did you get so angry at the slightest criticism? You seem to have a chip on your shoulder. . chip on (one's) shoulder. A habitually hostile or combative attitude. . American HeritageÂ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright Â© 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Little black ants are small and dark-brown, black or jet black in color and are a native species found throughout the United States. The workers are as small as 1.5 mm in length, and queens can measure up to 4 mm. Their antennae consist of 12 segments and end in a three-segmented club. Their pedicel, or the ant waist, is two-segmented. Little black ants have no spines, and their thorax is unevenly rounded.
The average adult human weighs 62kg, so that would make the average ant about 60mg. There are ants that weigh 60mg, but they're really the big ants, says Francis Ratnieks, Professor of Apiculture at the University of Sussex. The common ants which live in British gardens weigh about 1mg or 2mg..