CHICKEN LITTLE


Meaning of CHICKEN LITTLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: from the fable in which a chick attempts to warn other barnyard animals that the sky is falling after she is struck on the head by a chance falling object

Date: 1895

: one who warns of or predicts calamity especially without justification

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.