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soup sandwich 

A term used in the US Army to denote extreme uselessness. It is directed toward something or someone that is the figurative equivalent of the literal hot sloppy pile of shit that a gob of soup between two pieces of sandwich bread would be.

So the implication here is that the object of discussion is 'Fucked up like a soup sandwich.'

Equivalent expressions in the civilian world are:
Tore up from the floor up.
Useless as tits on a boar..
and so forth.
Drill Sergeant: "Private you can't do anything right, you could break a goddamn crow-bar. Why I couldn't trust you to remove the lint from the back side of my ball sack with a piece of goddamn hundred MPH tape. You're about as worthless as a soup sandwich."

Drill Sergeant: "You are the lowliest goddamn example of hot garbage I have EVER seen. You look like a goddamn soup sandwich, that uniform looks like you pressed it under your mattress springs, and those dusty ass boots look like you shined them with a snicker bar and a goddamn green pad. That is goddamn un-sat, Private. Report to my office immediately following this formation to be skullfucked appropriately."
soup sandwich by ABN_PMPN505 June 18, 2011

soup-sandwich 

1) A complete mess
2) A person with a total lack of organizational skills.
Wow, you forgot your wallet, got pulled over, AND locked your keys in the car?!? What a fucking soup-sandwich!
soup-sandwich by IceLore July 23, 2003

soup sandwich 

A slang term used by members of the United States Army to describe a fellow soldier whose performance is unsatisfactory. This term is often shortened to just "soup."

The term expresses a state of extreme uselessness, which can be understood by considering the functionality and worth of soup between two slices of bread.
"You are SOUP, private! You are a dog-gone SOUP SANDWICH! DROP!"

soup sandwich 

Term used extensively in the US Army to describe something that ain't right and 9 times out of 10 can't get right. (If you put soup between two slices of bread...it ain't right, nor can it get right).
Really, Private Boscoe. You're just ate up, f**kin' SOUP SANDWICH!
soup sandwich by V. Vicious November 10, 2010

solid as a soup sandwich 

Describes a person who was once trustworthy, but is no longer so, or someone who is simply untrustworthy.

The person is un-solid, much like the soup sandwich.
That guy was suppose to pay me my 20$ today, but he didn't even answer his door. He's as solid as a soup sandwich.

soup sandwhich

Army slang for being severely screwed up aka ate up. See also football bat and hockey cleat.
Private Smith you have failed your PT test for the third time in a row. Son you are a soup sandwhich.
soup sandwhich by caffeine 22 April 8, 2006
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