like a chicken with its head cut off

phrase

: excited and confused

He was running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Examples of like a chicken with its head cut off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Love then ran around like a chicken with its head cut off to avoid multiple defenders before hoisting a prayer across the field directly to cornerback Mike Jackson in the end zone. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025

There’s depression that can look more frantic, kind of like a chicken with its head cut off. — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023

But the real Zach Wilson showed up in the second half, throwing two bad interceptions and running around wildly like a chicken with its head cut off. — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022

Rhymes for like a chicken with its head cut off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff