like a hen with one chick
like a hen with one chick
Extremely anxious and overprotective. A: "I can't believe your curfew is only nine o'clock." B: "Yeah, my mom can be like a hen with one chick sometimes."
See also: chick, hen, like, one
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
like a hen with one chick (or chicken)
absurdly fussy and overanxious.See also: chick, hen, like, one
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- fussy as a hen with one chick
- a mother hen
- ride-or-die chick
- (as) mad as a wet hen
- mad as a wet hen
- madder than a wet hen
- wrap (one) up in cotton wool
- wrap somebody up in cotton wool
- wrap someone in cotton wool
- wrapping