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Meaning 1
In a frantic, disorganized manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Phrase guide
like a chicken with its head cut off
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese: 像只没头苍蝇一样 (xiàng zhī méi tóu cāng ying yí yàng) — in a frantic, disorganized manner
- Dutch: als een kip zonder kop — in a frantic, disorganized manner
- Finnish: kuin päätön kana — in a frantic, disorganized manner
- German: kopflos — in a frantic, disorganized manner
- Greek: σαν την άδικη κατάρα (san tin ádiki katára) — in a frantic, disorganized manner
- Polish: bez głowy — in a frantic, disorganized manner
- Russian: как ку́рица с отру́бленной голово́й (kak kúrica s otrúblennoj golovój) — in a frantic, disorganized manner
- Spanish: como pollo sin cabeza — in a frantic, disorganized manner