When the shit hit the fan

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• when the shit hit the fan — tv. when the trouble broke out; when things became difficult. (Usually objectionable.) □ We had one hell of an afternoon around here. Where were you when the shit hit the fan? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• 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 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

• hit the fan — When it hits the fan, or, more rudely, the shit hits the fan, serious trouble starts …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• hit the fan —    When it hits the fan, or, more rudely, the shit hits the fan, serious trouble starts.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Hit the fan —   When it hits the fan, or, more rudely, the shit hits the fan, serious trouble starts …   Dictionary of English idioms

• 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

• hit the fan (to) —  Refers to the onset of chaos or panic. Often the phrase is included in the saying, “when the shit hits the fan.” …   American business jargon