- the shit hit the fan
- people become angry, somebody starts a fight
It was a good party until Ed started a fight. Then the shit hit the fan!
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the shit hit the fan
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the shit hits the fan — offensive used to describe what happens when people find out about something that makes them very angry I told him I was dropping out of school and the shit hit the fan. • • • Main Entry: ↑shit … Useful english dictionary
(the) shit hits the fan — taboo if the shit hits the fan, a person or an organization gets into serious trouble. If Dad finds out how much money you spent, the shit will really hit the fan … New idioms dictionary
hit the fan — {v. phr.}, {informal} To become a big public problem or controversy. * /The whole mess hit the fan when the judge was arrested for drunken driving for the second time./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hit the fan — {v. phr.}, {informal} To become a big public problem or controversy. * /The whole mess hit the fan when the judge was arrested for drunken driving for the second time./ … Dictionary of American idioms
(the) shit will hit the fan — the shit will hit the fan impolite phrase people will become very angry or there will be a lot of problems Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing how bad something issynonym Main entry: shit … Useful english dictionary
hit the fan — When it hits the fan, or, more rudely, the shit hits the fan, serious trouble starts … The small dictionary of idiomes
shit hits the fan — Phrs. As when the shit hits the fan , it warns that severe consequences will be felt when the results of actions are discovered. Alternatively, in such phrases as the shit will hit the fan when she discovers the truth . See when the shit hits the … English slang and colloquialisms
hit the fan — phrasal : to have a major usually undesirable impact * * * hit the fan informal : to cause a lot of anger and trouble used especially to describe what happens when people find out about something that makes them very angry I don t want to be… … Useful english dictionary
hit the fan — tv. to become publicly known; to become a scandal. (From the phrase when the shit hit the fan.) □ I wasn’t even in the country when it hit the fan. □ It hit the fan, and within ten minutes the press had spread it all over the world … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
shit hit the fan — [B] See the shit hit the fan … English idioms
