"When the shit hits the fan" is the vulgar and more satisfying term for a situation that suddenly gets messy. It gives you an idea of just how messy a situation by comparing it to being in a small room when a handful of loose feces are launched into the spinning fan blades.
1: When that silly old bitch pranged John's prized Mercedes in the parking lot and then tried to take off, shit really hit the fan. I though he was gonna kill her.
2: Where's our fucking money?! You better have it, or the shit is gonna hit the fan, believe you me!!
3: I lost everything back in 2008 when the shit hit the fan. Just like a lot of people.
2: Where's our fucking money?! You better have it, or the shit is gonna hit the fan, believe you me!!
3: I lost everything back in 2008 when the shit hit the fan. Just like a lot of people.
by WHISKEYMAN1234 February 26, 2020

1) Wild chaos and drama just started going down.
2) A famous lyric from Warren Zevon's 1978 hit "Lawyers, Guns, And Money", singing it in reference to him getting found while on the run right after he realized he tried to bed a woman he didn't know was a Russian spy until it was too late:
2) A famous lyric from Warren Zevon's 1978 hit "Lawyers, Guns, And Money", singing it in reference to him getting found while on the run right after he realized he tried to bed a woman he didn't know was a Russian spy until it was too late:
And I'm hiding in Honduras/I'm a desperate man/Send lawyers, guns, and money/The shit has hit the fan
by darkpowrjd January 31, 2023

Standing in front of the fan.as when the SHIT HITS THE FAN. you are in ecstasy especially by the feel of the DRYING EFFECT of SHIT and the aromatic SHIT FUMES.
by SAY THE WORD SHIT August 19, 2021

by Billy Mass October 22, 2008

Gerry was tryna get baked but he also had to take a massive shit, so he took a shit-hit to save time.
by Higgler July 23, 2016

I was in so much ecstasy when SHIT HITS THE FAN. as the best part is the DRYING EFFECT AND THE SHIT FUMES together.
by SAY THE WORD SHIT August 19, 2021
