chicken with its head cut off

Idioms  

1. see like a chicken with its head cut off.

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Example Sentences

It’s so far away from the original that it’s just kind of a chicken with its head cut off.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

“We were running around like a chicken with its head cut off, throwing stuff into the car. Then we say, ‘Okay, that’s it … we got to go.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2021

My mother would say they acting like a chicken with its head cut off.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2020

“Once I finished running around like a chicken with its head cut off, I thought it was kind of cool,” she said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 5, 2014

He’s busy down there eating everything that falls inside, running around like a chicken with its head cut off, the head on the floor, munching food of its own.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini