like a chicken on a June bug

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like a chicken on a June bug

1. (Canada, US, simile, informal) Very quickly; in short order.
   • 2006, Richard Etheredge, A Logger's Dream, page 61:

     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.

   • 2009, Raymond L Atkins, Sorrow Wood:

     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.

   • 2014, Allan Lawrence, Olympus and Beyond, page 340:

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