run around like a blue-arsed fly
run around like a blue-arsed fly
To work quickly and with much activity while trying to accomplish a large number of tasks, perhaps simultaneously. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Give yourself enough time before deadline so that you don't have to be running around like a blue-arsed fly at the last minute.
See also: around, fly, like, run
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- rush around like a blue-arsed fly
- run around like a chicken with its head cut off
- run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run in circles
- run around like a headless chicken
- a doddle
- group
- a committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours
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- you can't dance at two weddings at the same time
- you can't sit in two chairs at once