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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Run around like a headless chicken

Hi

I assume these are the two versions of the same idiom? The difference is that of American and British English. Could you please give your take?

Run around like a chicken with its head cut off

Run around like a headless chicken

Thanks,

Tom

  

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In BE we use #2.

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  • In BE we use #2.
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In AE, we use #1. It was a fairly common expression in my family when I was growing up.

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