🐔 Chicken
"Henpecked"
Meaning
Often criticized or controlled by a partner.
About the chicken
Chickens startle easily and are tied to eggs before they hatch, which is where idioms about fear and counting rewards too early come from.
Example sentence
He was so henpecked that he asked permission to buy a pencil.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
Often criticized or controlled by a partner.
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"Chicken feed"
A very small amount of money.
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"Chickens come home to roost"
Bad actions from the past cause problems later.
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"Count your chickens before they hatch"
To make plans based on success that has not happened yet.
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"Rule the roost"
To be in charge.
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"Don't count your chickens before they hatch"
Do not make plans based on success that has not happened yet.
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"No spring chicken"
Not young anymore.