CHICKEN LITTLE Definition & Meaning

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Chicken Little

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

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

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“This ‘Chicken Little’ stuff has got to end.

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“President Biden’s entire plan rested on the Chicken Little tactic of persuading Americans that the Internet would break in the absence of these so-called ‘net neutrality’ regulations,” Carr said in a statement.

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So why the “Chicken Little” song about America’s declining might?

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"We need to take these glaciers seriously without sounding like Chicken Little," Joughin said in an email.

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“We need to take these glaciers seriously without sounding like Chicken Little,” Joughin said in an email.

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