run around like a chicken with its head cut off

Verb

 * 1)  To act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control.
 * The president doesn't know what to do. He's running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Translations

 * Finnish: kuin päätön kana
 * German: kopflos herumrennen
 * Russian: носиться, как угорелый
 * Spanish: ir como pollo sin cabeza
 * Swedish: springa omkring som yra höns
 * Vietnamese: chạy như con gà cắt cổ