chit
意味
- (飲食店の)請求伝票
- 短い手紙;メモ
- 子供;(特に生意気な)小娘
例文
Quit with the chit-chat and get to work.
ペチャペチャ喋ってないで、手を動かしなさい。
Cut the chit-chat and get to work.
おしゃべりばっかしてないで、仕事して！
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English chitte (“a young animal, cub, whelp”), from Old English *ċytten, *ċietten, *ċitten, from Proto-West Germanic *kittīn, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (“young animal, fawn, kid”). Cognate with Scots chit (“chit”), Low German kitte (“young animal”), German Kitz (“fawn, kid”). See also kid.