like a chicken with its head cut off

Prepositional phrase

informal

(informal) In a frantic, disorganized manner.

Japanese Meaning

無秩序に慌ただしく動く様子 / パニック状態で混乱している様子 / 取り乱して落ち着きを欠いた状態

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She ran through the office like a chicken with its head cut off, trying to find the missing report.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は紛失した報告書を見つけようと、慌てふためいてオフィス中を走り回った。

Details

Sense（1）

(informal) In a frantic, disorganized manner.

His idea of it was that he had been making a fool of himself, running around like a chicken with its head cut off—such was the simile that occurred to him.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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