to be very busy doing a lot of things, but in a way that is not very effective
run round like a headless chicken
you should not make plans that depend on something good happening before you know that it has actually happened
don’t count your chickens before they hatch
to go to bed early
go to bed with the chickens
a coward
a chicken
someone who is weak or sickly
a chicken with the pip
small amount of money
chicken feed
illegible handwriting
one's handwriting is like a chicken scratch
extremely mad or angry
as mad as a wet hen
no longer young
to be no spring chicken
a bad or despised person
rotten egg
to spoil something by trying too hard to improve it
over-egg the pudding
to destroy something that makes a lot of money for you
kill the goose that lays the golden egg
to be very careful not to offend or upset someone
walk on eggshells
to be embarrassed
have egg on your face
ou cannot achieve something important without causing a few small problems
you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs
for certain
sure as eggs is eggs
