run around like a chicken with its head cut off

Working quickly and with much activity while trying to accomplish a large number of tasks, perhaps simultaneously. Give yourself enough time before deadline so that you don't have to be running around like a chicken with its head cut off at the last minute.

See also: around, chicken, cut, head, like, off, run

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run (around) in circles

Fig. to run around frantically and aimlessly; to be in a state of chaos. (Alludes to a chicken that continues to run around aimlessly after its head has been chopped off.) I spent all afternoon running around like a chicken with its head cut off. If you run around in circles, you'll never get anything done.

See also: and, around, chicken, circle, cut, head, like, off, run

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

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run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run in circles
run around like a headless chicken
rush around like a blue-arsed fly
run around like a blue-arsed fly
a balancing act
a balancing/juggling act
a committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours
group
you can't dance at two weddings at once
you can't dance at two weddings at the same time

词组	run around like a chicken with its head cut off
释义	run around like a chicken with its head cut off run around like a chicken with its head cut off Working quickly and with much activity while trying to accomplish a large number of tasks, perhaps simultaneously. Give yourself enough time before deadline so that you don't have to be running around like a chicken with its head cut off at the last minute. See also: around, chicken, cut, head, like, off, run Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run (around) in circles Fig. to run around frantically and aimlessly; to be in a state of chaos. (Alludes to a chicken that continues to run around aimlessly after its head has been chopped off.) I spent all afternoon running around like a chicken with its head cut off. If you run around in circles, you'll never get anything done. See also: and, around, chicken, circle, cut, head, like, off, run McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run in circles run around like a headless chicken rush around like a blue-arsed fly run around like a blue-arsed fly a balancing act a balancing/juggling act a committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours group you can't dance at two weddings at once you can't dance at two weddings at the same time
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