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Was like hens teeth.
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Very rare or impossible to do.
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Was like a sick chickens eye.
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Very hard to see.
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To leave a nest egg.
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to leave something and not use all of one's money.
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To break from sucking eggs
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dogs, for instance, used to be broken from sucking eggs by a whipping or some such treatment. This phrase can be used to mean any person who has beenstopped from a bad habit.
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The early bird catches the worm.
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got something before every one else.
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Sticks like poop to a coop
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A good adhesive .
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Something to crow about .
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Something to boast about.
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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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Ruffles Hen Feathers
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Making Angry (female)
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Rare as hens teeth
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Something extremely hard to come by
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Nest egg
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A monetary saving.
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Mad as a wet hen.
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angry. Very mad (female)
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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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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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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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