CHICKEN LITTLE


Meaning of CHICKEN LITTLE in English

a person who constantly warns that a calamity is imminent; a vociferous pessimist: The Chicken Littles are warning that the stock market will collapse.

[ from a character in nursery tales (also known as Henny Penny, Chicken-Diddle, or Chicken-Licken) who, when struck on the head by an object from above, panics and believes that the sky is falling ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .