run around like a headless chicken

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run around like a headless chicken — idiom

1. To be very busy but disorganized, often resulting in failure to achieve anything

1.idiom
Definition

To be very busy but disorganized, often resulting in failure to achieve anything.

Example

Before the exam, Diego ran around like a headless chicken, forgetting his notes.

The new manager ran around like a headless chicken, but nothing got done.