Does anyone heard of this saying and did I get the phrase correct?
2007-06-03 03:53:39 · 8 answers · asked by CuriousDude 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Flown the coop. It means to escape, like a chicken who has gotten out of the chicken coop. It's not crazy. It just means you left.
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2007-06-03 04:00:33 · answer #1 · answered by Kacky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's coop, not co'op.
The reality referent is to who is kept in a coop?
The answer is: domestic chicekns.
To fly the coop therefore means to escape tyranny by an overlord, or simply to escape ordinary confinements. The two manings are completely opposite, as a contrast pair.
Dictatorial types would regard the act as undesirable, and wrong. A libertarian would regard the act as desirable and
right. One is pejorative; the other use is neutral. If there is a true libertarian phrase, it's something else, such as -"spreading one's wings".
2007-06-03 11:03:52 · answer #2 · answered by Robert David M 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The word is coop as in a "chicken coop" and the expression means to leave a place in a hurry, usually because someone or group is chasing you.
2007-06-03 11:02:57 · answer #3 · answered by maven 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Flown the COOP means the bird (crazy person) has finally gone off the deep end and is irretrievably insane.
Certifiable. Vested. Nuts. Gone off through the woods and never came back.
2007-06-03 10:57:42 · answer #4 · answered by tabulator32 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
it means to leave home or place of residence usually in a hurry
2007-06-03 10:57:11 · answer #5 · answered by Ðêù§ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's "coop" and it means to escape.
2007-06-03 10:58:27 · answer #6 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
has started using a different supermarket
2007-06-03 15:55:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
growing up and leaving your parents house,making it on your own
2007-06-03 11:02:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋