Chicken Little

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noun

a person who constantly warns that a calamity is imminent; a vociferous pessimist: The Chicken Littles are warning that the stock market will collapse.

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Origin of Chicken Little

From a character in nursery tales (also known as Henny Penny, Chicken-Diddle, or Chicken-Licken) who, when struck on the head by an object from above, panics and believes that the sky is falling

Words nearby Chicken Little

chicken-fry, chicken hawk, chicken-hearted, chicken Kiev, chicken ladder, Chicken Little, chicken-livered, chicken lobster, chicken louse, chicken mushroom, chicken out

How to use Chicken Little in a sentence

When Chicken Little said the sky was falling, folks at least looked upward.
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Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.
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How about baby drama with little Abijean and the Wee Baby Seamus?
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I was a little mystified at how benignly he responded to my questions about his business activities.
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Scalise spoke briefly, adding little of substance, saying that the people back home know him best.
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It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
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In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
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We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.
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