one day chicken and the next day feathers
one day chicken and the next day feathers
proverb What we have that is valuable can be lost very quickly and easily. Primarily heard in US. I had a good job, a happy marriage, and three beautiful kids. A year later, and I live alone in a tiny apartment, earning minimum wage. One day chicken and the next day feathers.
See also: and, chicken, feather, next, one
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
one day chicken and the next day feathers
A Southern expression reflecting that sometimes you have something valuable or what you wished for, but other times you don't.
See also: and, chicken, feather, next, one
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
- for want of a nail
- For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse ...
- teach a man to fish
- it takes a village
- village
- best-laid plans go astray, the
- the best-laid plans
- the best-laid plans go astray
- the best-laid plans of mice and men
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