angry as a wet hen
Synonym of mad as a wet hen (“very angry”).
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better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
It is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.
blue hen
A mare who benefits a breed by producing many high-quality offspring.
Blue Hen's Chicken
A person from Delaware.
chicken colonel
Synonym of bird colonel.
chicken coop
A weigh station.
chicken fillet
A piece of rubber or silicone placed in a woman's bra under the breast to increase apparent size or create more cleavage.
chicken from hell
An extinct theropod dinosaur of species Anzu wyliei.
chicken lane
An additional lane in the middle of a two-way street that assists drivers who are turning onto the two-way street.
chicken leg
The genetically disadvantaged or otherwise underdeveloped shank of a man.
chicken nugget
Female genitalia.
chicken oriental
Mental, crazy, insane.
chicken pill
A pill containing hormones to fatten poultry, sometimes taken by women in the hope of developing attractive curves.
chicken run
The act of "gapping it", i.e. emigrating from Rhodesia as a white inhabitant during the country's transition to independence.
chicken soup
The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to detect microbial Martian life.
chicken strips
The band of unscuffed tire surface at the outer edges of the contact surface.
chickens for Colonel Sanders
People who support either an individual, especially a politician, or a cause seen as harmful to their best interests.
chân gà
(noun) chicken feet
chạy gà
(verb) to chase after chickens
cobra chicken
A Canada goose (Branta canadensis).
cock and hen
The sum of ten pounds sterling.
cánh gà
(noun) chicken wing
cõng rắn cắn gà nhà
To bring in an outsider or enemy who then harms your own people — inviting the wolf into the house.
cơm gà
(noun) chicken rice
cơm gà Hải Nam
(noun) Hainanese chicken rice
cơm gà Hội An
(noun) Hội An-style chicken rice (with the rice cooked in tumeric)
cỏ gà
(noun) Cynodon dactylon
da gà
(noun) chicken skin
don't count your chickens
Ellipsis of don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
don't count your chickens before they hatch
Don't make plans for something that may not happen; alternatively, don't make an assumption about something that does not have a definitively predetermined outcome.
don't count your chickens before they're hatched
One should not depend upon a favorable (and typically overoptimistic) outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur.
giết gà dùng dao mổ trâu
use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
gà
(noun) chicken (bird)
gà công nghiệp
(noun) an industrially raised chicken
gà cồ
(noun) cockerel, rooster, gamecock
gà gô
(noun) kind of small wild fowl; grouse
gà lôi
(noun) certain species of pheasants
gà móng đỏ
(noun) whore; prostitute
gà mờ
(adjective) dim
gà nước
(noun) Rallus aquaticus; water rail
gà qué
(adjective) chicken (generally speaking)
gà ri
(noun) bantam
gà rừng
(noun) junglefowl
gà sao
(noun) helmeted guineafowl
gà ta
(noun) any of various chicken breeds native to Vietnam
gà trống nuôi con
(noun) a rooster/cock who raises his own chicks
gà tây
(noun) a turkey
gà xào sả ớt
stir-fried chicken with lemongrass and chili
gà ác
(noun) a breed of chicken mainly found in Vietnam
gà Đông Tảo
(noun) Dong Tao chicken
gà đẻ trứng vàng
(noun) a golden goose
gà đồng
(noun) watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)
hell chicken
An extinct theropod dinosaur of the species Anzu wyliei.
hen up
To find a receptive female mate.
ho gà
(noun) (pathology) pertussis
like a chicken on a June bug
Very quickly; in short order.
like a hen on a hot griddle
Very jumpy or restless.
lùa gà
(verb) to abuse people's gullibility to take advantage of them
lưỡi gà
(noun) uvula
lẩu gà
(noun) chicken hot pot
Lẩu Gà Bình Thuận
(noun) the LGBT community
ma gà
(noun) a chicken ghost; a chicken demon; a spirit that takes the form of a chicken and makes people ill
mad as a wet hen
Very angry; furious.
miserable as a wet hen
Thoroughly miserable or dejected.
mào gà
(noun) celosia, cockscomb (Celosia)
mèo mả gà đồng
vagabond; hobo
mạt gà
(noun) red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae)
quáng gà
(noun) nyctalopia
rare as hen's teeth
Extremely uncommon.
rarer than hens' teeth
Synonym of rare as hen's teeth.
rooster
An informer.
ruột gà
(noun) chicken's intestine
sau cánh gà
(adverb) behind the scenes
scarce as hen's teeth
Synonym of rare as hen's teeth.
trứng gà
(noun) lucmo (Pouteria lucuma)
tóc đuôi gà
(noun) a ponytail; a hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head
wild as a wet hen
Synonym of mad as a wet hen (“very angry”).
xì gà
(noun) Alternative spelling of xì-gà.
đá gà
(noun) cockfight
ổ gà
(noun) a chicken nest
as fat as a hen in the forehead
A saying of a meagre person.
Blue Hen's Chickens
The nickname for inhabitants of the State of Delaware. It is said that in the Revolutionary War a certain Captain Caldwell commanded, and brought to a high state of efficiency, a Delaware regiment. He used to say that no cock could be truly game whose mother was not a blue hen. Hence the Delaware regiment became known as "Blue Hen's Chickens,'* and the name was transferred to the inhabitants of the State generally.
bút sa gà chết
A small mistake can have serious consequences
chicken
A coward.
chicken
A term applied to anything young, small, or insignificant; CHICKEN STAKES, small paltry stakes; "she’s no CHICKEN," said of an old maid.
chicken and dumplings
A comforting food, often associated with feeling better when sick.
chicken feed
A very small amount of money
chicken liver
A coward.
chicken nabob
One returned from the East Indies with but a moderate fortune of fifty or sixty thousand pounds, a diminutive nabob: a term borrowed from the chicken turtle.
Chicken of St Nicholas
So the Pied- montese call our "ladybird," the little red beetle with spots of black. The Russians know it as "God's little cow," and the Germans, who say it is sent as a messenger of love, "God's little horse.
chicken out
To withdraw or back down from a situation due to fear
chicken scratch
poor or illegible handwriting
choke the chicken
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
chủ vắng nhà, gà vọc niêu tôm
when the cat's away the mice will play
chửi như mất gà
Scolding or cursing excessively
có cha bẻ đùi gà cho con
Parents make sacrifices for their children
cõng rắn về cắn gà nhà
To bring home a problem that harms one's own
do not count your chickens before they are hatched
Do not assume something will happen until it has actually happened
get up with the chickens
Wake up very early in the morning
Gà khôn gà chẳng đá lang
A clever person avoids unnecessary conflict
Gà nào hay bằng gà Cao Lãnh
Nothing is better than what is from one's own place
gà què ăn quẩn cối xay
Vietnamese proverb; English definition pending editorial review.
gà đẻ cục tác
Something or someone that brings unexpected trouble or chaos
hen
A woman. A cock and hen club; a club composed of men and women.
hen and chickens
Large and small pewter pots.
hen and chickens
In Christian art this de- vice is emblematical of God's providence. See Matt, xxiii, 37. See also GREY HEN above.
hen house
A house where the woman rules; called also a SHE HOUSE, and HEN FRIGATE: the latter a sea phrase, originally applied to a ship, the captain of which had his wife on board, supposed to command him.
Hen Pearce
Beginning as a pupil of James Belcher, he eventually defeated his teacher in a terrible battle on Barnty Moor near Doncaster, 6th December, 1805.
hen's tooth
Something extremely rare or nonexistent
in a hen's hiney
in a very short time
khách đến nhà không gà thì vịt
When guests arrive, one must offer them something to eat
khôn ngoan đối đáp người ngoài, gà cùng một mẹ chớ hoài đá nhau
Be polite to outsiders, but don't fight with your own family
kill the chicken to scare the monkey
Punish one to warn or intimidate others
last chicken in the shop
The penis.
like a chicken with the pip
feeling sick or unwell
Mother Carey's chickens
Stormy petrels. Mother Carey is mata cara, dear mother. The French call these birds oiseaux de Notre Dame or aves Sanctce Maria. See Captain Marryat's Poor Jack, where the superstition is fully related.
mother hen
An overprotective person
mặt gà chó đuổi
Having a face that invites beating or scolding
play chicken
engage in a risky competition to see who will back down first
queer rooster
An informer that pretends to be sleeping, and thereby overhears the conversation of thieves in night cellars.
rooster
A cock, whether bantam, game, barndoor, or of any other kind. This is an Americanism which obtains full currency on the other side of the Atlantic, though its use would infer that hens do not roost. As the outcome of transpontine delicacy it must, however, be respected.
run around like a chicken with its head cut off
To act frantically and without direction
setting a hen
Giving her a certain number of eggs to hatch.
the chicken or the egg
A situation where it's unclear which factor is the cause and which is the effect
the chickens come home to roost
Consequences of past actions return to haunt or harm someone.
thịt gà
chicken
up with the chickens
To wake up very early in the morning
vắng chủ nhà, gà vọc niêu tôm
When the person in charge is away, those left behind misbehave or run wild.