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shit hits the fan

1. When the critical moment occurs, usually involves the culmination of some sort of crisis or scandal.

2. When shit is literally slung into a fan. (See the movie Airplane.)
When your wife finds out, the shit's gonna hit the fan.
shit hits the fan by Stroll August 23, 2004

shit hits the fan

When things get chaotic or uncontrolable, shit has hit the fan.
3,000 people were waiting for the movie 7 hours before it opened. When it was announced that the movie would not be showing, 50 chimps on motorcycles parachuted down from the sky. The monkeys pulled out assorted automatic assault weapons and then the shit hit the fan.

Shit hits the fan

when something is about to go terribly wrong. What all the people on "Doomsday Preppers" say.
I made myself a bunker and have lots of food and guns stored in there, because we all know when shit hits the fan people is gonna wish they was me!!
Shit hits the fan by lafunDUH November 23, 2014

shit hits the fan

When something you've been trying to cover up goes public.
The shit's hit the fan! They found the bug in the DA's office!
shit hits the fan by Moore August 1, 2004

shit hits the fan

Eminem: So what you gonna do when shit hits the fan, are you gonna stand and fight like a man, will you be as hard as you say you are, or your gonna run and ditch your body guard.
shit hits the fan by Levon5100 February 2, 2004

shit hits the fan

when something blows up, goes big in the news, etc..
people talking shit, but when the shit hits the fan, everything im not, made me everything i am
-Kanye west
shit hits the fan by krazz November 1, 2010