Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

crack a corner off

English answer:

take a portion

Added to glossary by S.J
May 12, 2021 00:26
3 yrs ago
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English term

crack a corner off

English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters crack a corner off
Your TV network wants to crack a corner off my blue chip and scatter gold dust across its entire network.

A deal negotiations about selling a website.

Thanks in advance,
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Discussion

Daryo May 12, 2021:
the missing question to get a full picture you need to take into account what is a "blue chip".

It makes a not so small difference ... In fact, you really need to look at the intended meaning for the whole of

"to crack a corner off my blue chip and scatter gold dust across your entire network"

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take a portion

crack a corner off my blue chip: take a portion of the value of my website
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
5 hrs
agree Orkoyen (X)
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you."
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have a bite off

Take a share of my ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Yvonne Gallagher : more idiomatic though 100% confidence level rather high
8 hrs
Thank you, Yvonne!
neutral Cilian O'Tuama : but a bite OF, not OFF // Those are hardly references.
19 hrs
"a bite OFF" https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/131003/bite-off-... https://books.google.com/books?id=9uXkHXxznqYC&pg=RA1-PA107&...
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2 days 11 hrs

Play on words to do with chips vs cracks and blue-chip companies and stocks

This is a play on words to do with cracks vs chips — cracking off vs chipping off, as in just a small chip and a huge crack — and blue-chip companies and/or stocks.

e.g. You want to 'crack a whole corner off of the chip I'm offering' and he seems to be offering something to do with a blue-chip company or blue-chip stocks

Blue-chip company, definition: A blue chip is a nationally recognized, well-established, and financially sound company. Blue-chip companies are known to weather downturns and operate profitably in the face of adverse economic conditions, which helps to contribute to their long record of stable and reliable growth.

Blue-chip stocks, definition: Blue-chip stocks are shares of very large and well-recognised companies with a long history of sound financial performance. These stocks are known to have capabilities to endure tough market conditions and give high returns in good market conditions.



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Note added at 2 days 17 hrs (2021-05-14 17:31:36 GMT)
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The blue chip expression comes from gambling where the blue chips are the highest valued chips, well above red and white ones. So, in this context, this person might be saying you want to crack a corner off of my most valuable asset.
Example sentence:

A blue chip is a nationally recognized, well-established, and financially sound company.

Blue-chip stocks are shares of very large and well-recognised companies with a long history of sound financial performance.

Peer comment(s):

agree Daryo : exactly - if you don't take into account what are "blue chips" you are just missing the point completely / doing no much better than some basic MT could do.
3 days 10 hrs
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