Meanings
plural soup sandwiches
- USidiomaticSomeone or something that is disorganized, incompetent, fundamentally flawed or unfinished.
That guy is a big soup sandwich.
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That's as messed up as a soup sandwich.
“Right now it’s all still very much a soup sandwich,” said the Army official of the ongoing planning efforts, “but we expect to trot the whole thing out in April.”
2005 January 27, Jon R. Anderson, “Army wrapping up work on final draft of 1st Infantry Division relocation plan”, in Stars and Stripes, retrieved 08 Sep 2009
Origin
An expression of military origin, calling to mind a picture of soup being poured over bread.
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