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Like a headless chicken What does Like a headless chicken mean?	If someone rushes about like a headless chicken, they move very fast all over the place, usually without thinking.
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give (someone) pause to think What does "give (someone) pause to think" mean?	to cause someone to stop and think	The accident on the highway gave everyone pause to think.
Let the cat out of the bag What does "Let the cat out of the bag" mean?	To divulge a secret.	Don't let the cat out of the bag about Susan's Christmas present. At medieval markets, unscrupulous traders would display a pig for sale. However, the pig was always given to the customer in a bag, with strict instructions not to open the bag until they were some way away. The trader would hand the customer a bag containing something that wriggled, and it was only later that the buyer would find he'd been conned when he opened the bag to reveal that it contained a cat, not a pig. Therefore, "letting the cat out of the bag" revealed the secret of the con trick.
more to (someone or something) than meets the eye What does "more to (someone or something) than meets the eye" mean?	more interesting or intelligent or complicated than it seems	The problem appeared to be simple but there was more to it than meets the eye.
half a loaf is better than none What does "half a loaf is better than none" mean?	a proverb that says that having part of something is better than having nothing at all	Half a loaf is better than none and I would rather work part-time than have no job at all.

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Like A Headless Chicken Idiom