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Got egg on your face !
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caught out, embarassed!
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Got his Hackles UP !
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Made angry (male)
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Hard Boiled.
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tough
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Hen Pecked
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wife dominates husband. I don't know how this one got started as hens never dominate rooster, not of the same age anyway....
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Hen Scratching
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Poor handwriting.
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His (her) feathers fell .
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A disappointment.
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His comb is beginning to turn red.
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a boy getting old enough to notice girls. ( as a cockerel begins to notice pullets when his comb begins to redden)
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I smell a rotten egg.
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as in someone is hiding something not too nice or doing something in secret that is not good.
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Like a chicken with it's head cut off !
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aimless: going in all directions.
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Mad as a wet hen.
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angry. Very mad (female)
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Nest egg
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A monetary saving.
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Rare as hens teeth
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Something extremely hard to come by
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Ruffles Hen Feathers
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Making Angry (female)
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Scratch for a living.
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work hard, generally under harsh conditions, to make a meager living.
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Something to crow about .
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Something to boast about.
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