like a chicken with its head cut off
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“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
To keep your head together … I felt directionless, like a chicken with its head cut off.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2011
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
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