If you have a little blip

[GoodTaste]

Nina_Trentmann just tweeted:
“If you have a little blip, people go back to the old way. Well, this ain’t a blip,” said Pat Gelsinger, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., whose company has benefited from the work-from-home boom.

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The phrase "If you have a little blip" appears to mean "If you have a little interruption." But do you native speakers get it at once without checking up the dictionary?

 

[slevlife]

But do you native speakers get it at once without checking up the dictionary?

Yes.

Oxford Learner's Dictionaries gives a better definition: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/blip

1. ​a change in a process or situation, usually when it gets worse for a short time before it gets better; a temporary problem

 

[Tarheel]

Nina_Trentmann just tweeted:
“If you have a little blip, people go back to the old way. Well, this ain’t a blip,” said Pat Gelsinger, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., whose company has benefited from the work-from-home boom.

Source:

The phrase "If you have a little blip" appears to mean "If you have a little interruption." But do you native speakers get it at once without looking it up in a dictionary?

I take it as meaning a temporary situation.

 

[Tdol]

Blips aren't permanent.