like a chicken on a June bug

prepositional phrase

Very quickly; in short order.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. CanadaUSinformalsimileVery quickly; in short order.

    Baz pounced quickly, like a chicken on a June bug.

    2014, Allan Lawrence, Olympus and Beyond, page 340
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    Lots of times you just have to step out on faith when you think something is the right way to go. J.D. took to the forestry stuff like a chicken on a June Bug.

    2006, Richard Etheredge, A Logger's Dream, page 61

    So there I was, struggling mightily to protect my virtue with my step-father-in-law all over me like a chicken on a June bug, and I would have been shamed for sure, but the good Lord sent me a sign in the form of a hot brick.

    2009, Raymond L Atkins, Sorrow Wood
Cite this entry
APA

like a chicken on a June bug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20chicken%20on%20a%20June%20bug

MLA

“like a chicken on a June bug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20chicken%20on%20a%20June%20bug. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “like a chicken on a June bug,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20chicken%20on%20a%20June%20bug.

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