like a chicken with its head cut off

Example Sentences

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And then Art had me—eager, enthusiastic, willing to help but with energy more like a chicken with its head cut off.

From Literature

“Our shape is terrible. We’re not connected from front to back. … We have to fight, but we have to work hard and we have to be smart about how we go about it. We can’t just run around like a chicken with its head cut off.”

From Washington Post

“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

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

From Slate

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 Literature