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How many expressions in English can we think of that have to do with chickens?

After I got chickens I started to think about how many expressions/idioms/words there are in English that involve chickens. 

 

Let's each add just ONE expression each that involves a chicken and then use it in a sentence. 

 

I'll start:

 

Scratching out a living... which means to work really hard to make money little by living like what a chicken does in the dirt. A chicken scratches at the dirt all day looking for bugs to eat. 

 

Sentence... I'm tired of scratching out a living like this in my 9 to 5 job. I'm going to start my own business and try to make some real money. 

 

 

 

 

Comments · 108

7

I tried to come up with a few, but I laid an egg.

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Speaking about rooster and eggs. We used to have chickens and one rooster when I was a little kid. One day, my little brother went to their place and in somehow, he found one onion under the rooster so he believed that rooster give us a onion and when we asked him does the rooster give us eggs? he say no he give us onion O_o. It was hard to convence him that he found it by an accendent :) ...Magic age haha

4

How great! we have hen party here :D

3

Hi, Dorothy.

I remember you taught me one phrase called chicken shit and another I know is chicken out, meaning not being able to do something because of nervousness or fear.

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I need to go out for a walk. I've been cooped up all day!

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