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.
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.
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When someone shows you how to do something and you pay no attention whatsoever and therefore cannot do the thing they showed you to do
I know I just watched you put that windshield wiper on the car… but it just went in one eye and out the other
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Billy: Well he’s got nothing in one hand and shit in the other.
Billy: Well he’s got nothing in one hand and shit in the other.
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Get the six of one, half a dozen of the other mug.This phrase is used when indicating that both parties are to blame and that it is unfair to blame only one side without the other.
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