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General Slang
running around like a chicken with its head cut off
RUN-ing a-ROWND like a CHIK-in with its HED cut OFF · phrase · informal
Frantically busy and disorganized.
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Rushing about chaotically with no clear direction.
“Come the holidays she's running around like a chicken with its head cut off.”
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running around like a chicken with its head cut off In A Sentence
Come the holidays she's running around like a chicken with its head cut off.
Origin & Usage
Rural American idiom from the grim fact that a beheaded chicken briefly flaps about wildly.
Variants
like a chicken with its head cut off
People Also Ask
What does this phrase mean?
It describes someone rushing about frantically and chaotically, with no clear plan or direction.
Where does it come from?
It's a rural American idiom based on the grim fact that a freshly beheaded chicken will briefly flap and run around wildly.
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