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To run around like a headless chicken — frantic, disorganized, with no idea what to do or where to go. The perfect image of chaos without direction.

Example

"She arrived late and scrambled around like a headless chicken looking for her things."

"The team works like headless chickens — nobody knows what they're doing."

Regional synonyms:

Estado de confusión mental, despiste o ausencia. Cuando alguien tiene un cuelgue, no está en esta realidad.