(Canada, US, simile, informal) Very quickly; in short order.

Alternative form of like a chicken with its head cut off

(informal) In a frantic, disorganized manner.

Alternative form of the chickens come home to roost.

One should not depend upon a favorable (and typically overoptimistic) outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur.

(idiomatic) To act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control.

Alternative form of don't count your chickens before they're hatched

present participle of run around like a chicken with its head cut off

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of run around like a chicken with its head cut off

simple past tense of run around like a chicken with its head cut off