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1 headless
adjectiverun around like a headless chicken — herumrennen wie ein aufgeschenchtes Huhne/wie aufgeschenchte Hühner
* * *head·less[ˈhedləs]▶ to run around like a \headless chicken ( hum) wie ein aufgeregtes [o aufgescheuchtes] Huhn hin und her laufen hum* * *headless adj1. kopflos, ohne Kopf:headless rivet TECH kopfloser Niet2. fig führerlos3. → academic.ru/11365/catalectic">catalectic* * *adjectiverun around like a headless chicken — herumrennen wie ein aufgeschenchtes Huhne/wie aufgeschenchte Hühner
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2 chicken
1. noundon't count your chickens [before they are hatched] — (prov.) man soll den Pelz nicht verkaufen, ehe man den Bären erlegt hat
2)2. adjectiveshe's no chicken — (coll.): (is no longer young) sie ist nicht mehr die Jüngste
(coll.) feig[e]3. intransitive verbchicken out — (coll.) kneifen
* * *[' ikin]1) (a young bird, especially a young hen: She keeps chickens.) das Küken2) (its flesh used as food: a plate of fried chicken.) das Huhn3) ((slang.) a coward.)•- academic.ru/12385/chicken-hearted">chicken-hearted- chicken-pox
- chicken out* * *chick·en[ˈtʃɪkɪn]I. nfried/roasted \chicken Brathähnchen ntgrilled \chicken Grillhähnchen ntto play \chicken eine Mutprobe machen [o ablegen4.▶ don't count your \chickens before they're hatched ( prov) man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben prov▶ it's a \chicken and egg situation hier stellt sich die Frage, was zuerst da war: die Henne oder das Ei?, das ist eine [echte] Zwickmühleto be too \chicken to do sth zu feige sein, [um] etw zu tun* * *['tʃIkɪn]1. nchicken liver — Hühner- or Geflügelleber f
don't count your chickens (before they're hatched) (Prov) — man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben (Prov)
2. adj (inf)feighe's chicken — er ist ein Feigling or ein feiges Huhn (inf)
* * *chicken [ˈtʃıkın]A s1. Küken n, Hühnchen n, Hähnchen n:count one’s chickens before they are hatched das Fell des Bären verkaufen, ehe man ihn hat2. Huhn n3. Huhn n, Hühnerfleisch nshe is no chicken sie ist (auch) nicht mehr die Jüngste5. umg Angsthase m, Feigling ma) eine Mutprobe ablegen (Kinder),b) es auf eine Konfrontation etc ankommen lassen7. US sl Strichjunge mB adj umg feiga) kneifen (vor dat),b) aussteigen (aus)* * *1. noun1) Huhn, das; (grilled, roasted) Hähnchen, dasdon't count your chickens [before they are hatched] — (prov.) man soll den Pelz nicht verkaufen, ehe man den Bären erlegt hat
2)2. adjectiveshe's no chicken — (coll.): (is no longer young) sie ist nicht mehr die Jüngste
(coll.) feig[e]3. intransitive verbchicken out — (coll.) kneifen
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3 headless
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