Помогите,пожалуйста,перевести!!!

[Priscila]

Пожалуйста, помогите перевести.1. He was trying to build his chops.
2. I’ve run out of room on my upper body so I’ve gotta work my way down!”

Слово встречается в следующем контексте:Речь идёт о татуировках 1.YOU WEREN’T QUITE THE LEGALLY REQUIRED AGE, THEN?
“Er, no. But that’s fine because he was working illegally out of his parents’ basement! He was trying to build his chops. He was 18 or 19 at the time. But all the hardcore kids used to go to his house to get tattooed. I didn’t really know him to start with – he was just the guy all the hardcore kids went to because we were too young to go to the tattoo studios. None of our parents were too happy about us getting tattoos at such an early age.”
2.DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE PLANNED?
“I want to get my sleeves filled completely, when I have the money. Then I’m gonna do my lower back,then some work on my legs. I want to be covered before I die. I just love tattoos. I’ve run out of room on my upper body so I’ve gotta work my way down!”

Заранее спасибо

[Caracol]

по 2) места в верхней части тела уже не осталось, поэтому буду двигаться вниз.

[nephew]

1) набить руку
зд. chops - expertise in a particular field or activity

[Priscila]

Спасибо вам огромадное!!!

[mahavishnu]

1. He was trying to build his chops. = It means he was trying to be a macho man. Качался, тягал штангу.

2. У меня не осталось места (для татуировок) на верхней части тела, поэтому придётся мне (спускаться на нижнюю часть) делать татуировки на нижней части тела.

[mahavishnu]

Может быть, nephew прав.

[nephew]

mahavishnu, анатомически chops - это челюсти, их штангой не накачаешь.

[Caracol]

штанга тут и тематически не причем: он делал татуировки нелегально в подвале и разъяснение: для чего? пытался мышцы накачать?

[mahavishnu]

Да-да, конечно, nephew совсем прав. Отзываю свою штангу. Мачо, конечно, ближе, но не то.
Да, he was attempting to build up his skills as a tattoo artist.

[mahavishnu]

nephew - ПРАВА, сбивает этот ник. Прошу прощения.

[Francis Fanon]

"chops" can refer to the muscles in your arms too, but in this case, nephew is right, it means his professional skills as a tattoo artist. Usually it is used to talk about skills in playing a musical instrument such as the guitar or drums.

I've never heard the word used to refer to your jaw area.