it means a highly valued asset.
To include an idiom in an example sentence, simply incorporate the idiom naturally into the sentence to convey a figurative meaning. For example, "She had a chip on her shoulder" is an idiom meaning she was easily offended or held a grudge.
Does the literal meaning make no sense? Then it's an idiom. Have you ever seen anyone really have a blue face? Nope.
surprise, idea, shock
It means the favorite or favored person in the group. A similar idiom is "fair haired child."
"Chip off the old block" IS an idiom! It means that the child is just like the parent.
'Out of the blue' is a terse form of the expression 'out of a clear blue sky' (to mean 'unexpectedly, without foreshadowing'). It is not really a figure of speech, but an idiom. ('idiom':: an established expression in a language where the meaning is not necessarily what one would anticipate from the given meaning of the individual words).
Unless "the blue" is followed by a noun (e.g. the blue sky), blue is a noun, and the is an article.(e.g. the idiom into the blue, meaning parts unknown, literally the sky).
The correct idiom is "a chip off the old block." It typically describes a similarity seen between a family member and an older family member. One resembles the other, just as a chip of wood cut from a certain block of wood resembles the original.
Needless to say the sky is blue! This is an idiom. Meaning that it is given or obvious.
You really have a chip on your shoulder. Don't get a chip on your shoulder over such a little thing.
"To be" is not an idiom - it's a verb.
well what is a blue chip??