Alright I have too much time on my hands. I wanted to start a thread of just all common phrases that originated from chickens. I was thinking about this and I could think of 8 or 10 right of the bat, I'll go first - and everyone else add them as you think of them. I'll bet there are some local ones that I have never heard from your part of the country and vice versa.
"establish a pecking order"
Chicken lingo LETS HAVE SOME FUN
"like an old mother hen"
Hey lussah - "don't get your hackles up!" LOL
stewing in their own juices
MollyD
Birds of a Feather flock together..
Hey, did I tell you all that I "rule the roost" here at my house (I let my wife think she does)
'running around like a chicken with its head cut(wrung) off'
Mad as a wet hen...
Eats like a bird or bird brained
"nesting instinct"
"flew the coop"
"hen-pecked"
that one really "ruffled my feathers"
how about "dumb cluck"
"Its a chicken or the egg situation" As in, "Which came first?
"playing chicken" and "chicken__it"
"Hen party" (I heard it on "I Love Lucy")
"Cocky" attitude. As in "Don't get cocky with me, young man!"
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His handwriting is chicken scratch. ~:>
Well isn't that the "cock for Dolly"
"Chicken scratch" (bad handwriting)
Woops! Somebody beat me with that.
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"Chickens coming home to roost" (The consequence of your actions)
Hot chicks
"perched on the edge of my seat"
"Chicken-out"
The ladies at the picnic were 'squawking like old hens".
...And one I said to my 7 year old grandson who had a sour attitude the other day, and knew better than to behave like that:
"You straighten your attitude up right NOW, or I'll be all over you like a 'duck on a bug'!"
....He straightened up and was pleasant for the rest of the day. ;)
Being "cooped up".
"Old biddy"
Worst of all: "Don't count your chickens before they hatch!"
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Chicken legs....."you have chicken legs"
"Even a chicken with a brain this big ٭ knows to come in out of the rain!"
Its late, I'm bored--hence too many "chicken lingo" entries. Did any one notice that BYC has been hacked with general hillarity ensuing? Maineiac?
I'm going to "scratch up something to eat".
well, you took them all! Scott, too much time on your hands? you didn't...
waiting for a good joke today...
tf
Just ran into this one a short while ago. Someone posted:
WHO's WATCHING THE HENHOUSE in regard to some monies an organization was handling.
It made me smile to see chicken lingo.
MollyD
Cackling like a bunch of hens.
Heard this from a man who was talking about women getting together and talking and laughing.
I hear that all the time from my Paul -hmph!
MollyD
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
and don't count your chickens before they hatch, either!!
chickenfeed (for a small amount of money)
MollyD
"Walking on egg shells"
Protecting your "nest egg."
Which came first the chicken or the egg?
He's got his chest puffed up like a rooster! (someone looking for a fight)
Don't know who came first, LoraK, I think I know but wouldn't want to end up with egg on my face!
:-)