like a chicken with its head cut off

Example Sentences

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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