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go to bed with the chickens
to go to bed early
run round like a headless chicken
to be very busy doing a lot of things, but in a way that is not very effective
don’t count your chickens before they hatch
you should not make plans that depend on something good happening before you know that it has actually happened
a chicken
a coward
to be no spring chicken
no longer young
chicken feed
small amount of money
a chicken with the pip
someone who is weak or sickly
one's handwriting is ike a chicken scratch
illegible handwriting
walk on eggshells
to be very careful not to offend or upset someone
kill the goose that lays the golden egg
to destroy something that makes a lot of money for you
over-egg the pudding
to spoil something by trying too hard to improve it
rotten egg
a bad or despised person
as mad as a wet hen
extremely mad or angry
put all your eggs in one basket
to depend for your success on a single person or plan of action
nest egg
an amount of money that has been saved or kept for a special purpose
sure as eggs is eggs
for certain
