At the annual cock-and-hen club the villagers gathered beneath lanterns to sing old ballads and dance until dawn.

After the argument with her boss, she looked miserable as a wet hen.

When she discovered someone had scratched her car, she was wild as a wet hen, yelling and demanding to know who had done it.

When she found out someone had scratched her car, she was angry as a wet hen.

When I drove through the Blue Hen State last summer, I was surprised by how many historic sites I found.

The blue hen-hawks circled above the marsh, shrieking as they searched for prey.

From the cliff, I watched the blue hen-hawk dive and vanish into the pine forest.

After the presentation, Jenna's Little Red Hen syndrome showed when she demanded credit for work she hadn't helped with.

Genuine smiles in that town are rarer than hens' teeth.

She paced the room like a hen on a hot griddle, unable to wait for the test results.