When a hidden or contained problem (the shit) is suddenly exposed or spirals into utter chaos (shit making contact with rotating fan blades) causing a change of tactic from problem elimination (disposal of shit) to damage control or abandonment (cleaning of all traces of bits of scattered of shit or escaping as situation is now unmanageable)
by BLEVE March 21, 2013
1.)When all hell breaks loose, Pandora's Box is opened, when you're screwed big time, and/or when yer fucked over.
2.)The moment at which fecal matter hits the spinning blades of an electric fan.
3.)A really good Circle Jerks song featured on the cult classic film Repo Man.
2.)The moment at which fecal matter hits the spinning blades of an electric fan.
3.)A really good Circle Jerks song featured on the cult classic film Repo Man.
We just get by however we can. We all gotta duck, when the shit hits the fan!
Goddamit boy, how many time have I told you to stop shitting in front of the fan?
Goddamit boy, how many time have I told you to stop shitting in front of the fan?
by Holy Dragon Sword May 15, 2004
You're in big trouble when the shit hits the fan.
by VAKI5 May 7, 2005
Sometimes it's advantageous to ignore the problem, let it explode, and have other people deal with it. This policy is called "let the shit hit the fan".
A: Look, these numbers they gave us are really wrong.
B: I say, let the shit hit the fan and then they'll fix it.
B: I say, let the shit hit the fan and then they'll fix it.
by UrbanCulture July 11, 2006
by Baldykaine January 24, 2012
Term used in Halo 3, when someone is getting pretty pissed off and about to beat some serious ass and throw around some insults.
by Darkrage November 28, 2007
When something really bad is about to go down. The brief moment before a world of pain is brought down upon someone
When someone says Kelly has small eyes but doesn't realise she can hear them. That's when the shit hits the fan.
by didntsaykellyhassmalleyes August 17, 2010