run around like a chicken with its head cut off

run around like a chicken with its head cut off
run around like a chicken with its head cut off & 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.

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See: RUN AROUND IN CIRCLES.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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