Busting Your Chops Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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Busting your chops What does Busting your chops mean?	To say things intended to harass.	Don't get mad, I am just busting your chops. At the turn of the century, wearing very long sideburns�called mutton chops or lamb chops -- was en vogue. Lamb chop side burns also made a comeback in the late 1960s. A bust in the chops was to get hit in the face. Since Mutton Chops are no longer considered high fashion, the term has come to be figurative rather than literal.
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Busting Your Chops Idiom