Meaning of like a chicken with its head cut off | Babel Free
Definitions
In a frantic, disorganized manner.
informal
Equivalents
Deutsch
kopflos
Ελληνικά
σαν την άδικη κατάρα
Español
como pollo sin cabeza
Suomi
kuin päätön kana
Nederlands
als een kip zonder kop
Polski
bez głowy
Examples
“His idea of it was that he had been making a fool of himself, running around like a chicken with its head cut off—such was the simile that occurred to him.”
“Ken played or essayed to play right field for a while, but he ran around like a chicken with its head off.”
“I've been running round like a chicken with its head cut off.”
“Says one Pentagon arms-control expert: "Our setup was actually designed to act in time of general war like a chicken with its head cut off. The brain could be destroyed and the nervous system severed. Then the military muscles would just jerk in uncontrolled spasms."”
“Rushing around like a chicken with its head cut off would serve no purpose.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.