I've got so much work to do - I've been running around like a headless chicken all week.
(usually in continuous tenses)He was racing around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to do the work of two people.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
like a headless chicken — If someone rushes about like a headless chicken, they move very fast all over the place, usually without thinking … The small dictionary of idiomes
like a headless chicken — ► like a headless chicken informal frenziedly. Main Entry: ↑chicken … English terms dictionary
like a headless chicken — In a frantic, panic stricken manner • • • Main Entry: ↑chick … Useful english dictionary
like a headless chicken — If someone rushes about like a headless chicken, they move very fast all over the place, usually without thinking. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
like a headless chicken — informal in a panic stricken and unthinking manner. → chicken … English new terms dictionary
be running around like a headless chicken — informal phrase to be trying to do a lot of things quickly without being sensible or calm about it Thesaurus: to be busysynonym Main entry: headless chicken … Useful english dictionary
run around like a headless chicken — run around like a ˌheadless ˈchicken idiom to be very busy and active trying to do sth, but not very organized, with the result that you do not succeed Main entry: ↑headlessidiom … Useful english dictionary
headless chicken — UK US noun british Phrase: be running around like a headless chicken … Useful english dictionary
headless chicken — UK / US noun British be running around like a headless chicken … English dictionary
Mike the Headless Chicken — Mike Mike the Headless Chicken struts. Other appellation(s) Mike the Headless Chicken, Miracle Mike Species Gallus gallus domesticus … Wikipedia
