Fuente de la expresión
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. CD-ROM (v.4.0). Oxford University Press, 2009.
Estructura completa
to chisel someone out of
Contexto
A fine government you represent! Trying to chisel us out of twenty-five percent of our salary . Even our agent, the dirty crook, only asks for ten!
Fuente del contexto
Google Books
Tipo de fuente
Libro
Autor
Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
Título de la fuente
the Great Sebastians
Año
1955
Web
https://books.google.es/books?id=mPWHpfTLJgsC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=%22chisel+us+out+of%22&source=bl&ots=G2F02gxJj6&sig=ACfU3U0Etmk3o1Gte9jpjt4F_97_OqKg0Q&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEtrumnMjtAhVlDmMBHWSfAv44FBDoATAJegQICRAC#v=onepage&q=%22chisel%20us%20out%20of%22&f=false
Idioma
English
Nivel de uso
Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
Marca dialectal
General
Frecuencia
Raro