chicken scratch

(noun) messy handwriting

Example Sentences:

Teacher: Please give me your homework.
Student: Here you go.
Teacher: I can’t read this. It’s too messy!
Student: No it’s not! I can read this no problem!
Teacher: Do it again, please! I can’t read this chicken scratch!

I need to try and improve my handwriting, because right now it is chicken scratch.

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Similar idioms:

1. chicken
2. up to scratch
3. start something from scratch
4. see through someone
5. chicken out
6. give someone a hand