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like a chicken on a June bug

like a chicken on a June bug prepositional phrase: very quickly; in short order.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Canada, US, informal, simile) Very quickly; in short order.
    • Lots of times you just have to step out on faith when you think something is the right way to go. J.D. took to the forestry stuff like a chicken on a June Bug.2006, Richard Etheredge, A Logger's Dream, page 61
    • So there I was, struggling mightily to protect my virtue with my step-father-in-law all over me like a chicken on a June bug, and I would have been shamed for sure, but the good Lord sent me a sign in the form of a hot brick.2009, Raymond L Atkins, Sorrow Wood

Questions about like a chicken on a June bug

What does like a chicken on a June bug mean?
Like a chicken on a June bug means very quickly; in short order.
What part of speech is like a chicken on a June bug?
Like a chicken on a June bug is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like a chicken on a June bug in the dictionary

  1. like a bump on a log
  2. like a cat in a strange garret
  3. like a cat on a hot tin roof
  4. like a champ
  5. like a charm
  6. like a chicken on a June bug
  7. like a chicken with its head cut off
  8. like a chicken with its head off
  9. like a chicken with no head
  10. like a chicken with the pip
  11. like a cow on a flat rock

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