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Shit in your hand and clap 

A phrase that displays disdain, anger or frustration.
Scout from Team Fortress 2: What the hell is you guys' problem?!
Some guy: Shit in your hand and clap.
Scout from Team Fortress 2: But then I'll have shit in TWO hands!

Nothing in one hand and shit in the other

Neither of your two options are good. But one is just plain out shitty.
Jimmy: Unemployed David has a job offer for only $5hr.
Billy: Well he’s got nothing in one hand and shit in the other.

Wish in one hand, shit in the other. 

"Wish in one hand, shit in the other. See which one gets filled first." When a person wants the impossible.
Joe: We need world peace. Can't we just all get along?
Tom: Well Joe, Wish in one hand, shit in the other.

shit in someone's hand 

I thought he was an ally, but Hitler shat in my hand and invaded my Western border.
-Stalin (rough translation)

wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which 

You can take all of your wishes and wants, dreams, desires, and prayers, and put them all together....they still do not amount to shit.
Dad, I want a pony! Well, you can wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which one fills up faster.

Wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which hand the German guy eats out of. 

A reply given to someone who wishes for something because a part of their life is unfair, basically stating that life is full of good and bad things. In essence, wishes mean nothing.

This is the earliest version of the saying, with the reference to Germans eating shit coming from American soldiers in WWII.
You know what they say Ted: Wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which hand the German guy eats out of.