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like a chicken with its head cut off like a chicken with its head cut offWith great haste and in a careless and/or senseless manner. Instead of running around like a chicken with its head cut off, make a list of items you need to finish and then work on them in order.See also: chicken, cut, head, like, offlike a chicken with its head cut offIn a frenzied manner, distractedly, crazily. For example, She ran around the station looking for her lost bag like a chicken with its head cut off . This graphic simile alludes to the fact that the body of a chicken whose head has been cut off sometimes totters about crazily before succumbing. See also: chicken, cut, head, like, offlike a chicken with its head cut offIn a frenzy. Chickens have been known to twitch and even stagger around for several minutes after being decapitated, the result of a reflexive response. A person in the throes of extreme emotional agitation exhibits the same sort of fowl play.See also: chicken, cut, head, like, off |