Wiktionary
like a headless chicken
prep.phr. (alternative form of like a chicken with its head cut off English)
Usage examples of "like a headless chicken".
So once the colonial masters are removed, the bureaucracy continues to thrash around like a headless chicken with nothing to do other than trip itself up, bump into things and, when it can get the firepower, shoot itself in the foot.
The noosed creature flailed like a headless chicken, choking as it tangled its fellow.
The fellow sprang forward like a headless chicken, flinging his gun away with nerveless hands.
If its me, said the form-fetcher, I think Ill just panic and run around like a headless chicken, if thats all right by you.
As it was, the most entertaining moment so far had been when one of the cars bounced off a wall and spun around like a headless chicken.