Meanings
plural shit sandwiches
- idiomaticslangvulgarSomething highly undesirable that is rendered more acceptable or palatable by the addition of more tolerable or agreeable components.
Life is a shit sandwich: the more bread you have, the less shit you eat.
2012 April 30, Fred R. Shapiro, “13 Crazy, Dirty Modern Proverbs”, in Daily Beast, retrieved 19 Feb 20172 more examples
People are starting to realize Thursday night is like a big double-decker shit sandwich with three good pieces of bread, and in between ... don't print that.
1997 April 17, David Wild, “'News Radio': Series creator Paul Simms talks about the highly likely cancellation of the NBC sitcom”, in Rolling Stone, retrieved 19 Feb 2017After Michael Flynn resigned/was fired as National Security Advisor, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the top prospect to replace him turned out to be Retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward. . . . Harward pulled out, reportedly calling the offer a "shit sandwich."
2017 February 17, Kevin Drum, “K.T. McFarland Is Too Much to Swallow, So Robert Harward Turns Down NSA Position”, in Mother Jones, retrieved 19 Feb 2017Synonyms: booger sandwich, crap sandwich, dirt sandwich, poop sandwich, turd sandwich
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething highly undesirable that is rendered more acceptable or palatable by the addition of more tolerable or agreeable components.
Translations
French sandwich de marde
- sandwich de mardeTranslations
Swedish bajsmacka
- bajsmackaTranslations
Cite this entry
shit sandwich. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shit%20sandwich
“shit sandwich.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shit%20sandwich. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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