Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
crack a corner off
A deal negotiations about selling a website.
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take a portion
have a bite off
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Yvonne Gallagher
: more idiomatic though 100% confidence level rather high
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Thank you, Yvonne!
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Cilian O'Tuama
: but a bite OF, not OFF // Those are hardly references.
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"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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Play on words to do with chips vs cracks and blue-chip companies and 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.
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.
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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.
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Discussion
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"