The throwing of excrement over rival football supporters.
Tom: Liverpool are playing Man United at Old Trafford this week-end.
Bill: I'm sure we'll see the shit hit the fan at that game!
"Shit hitting the fan" is an expression used to describe a moment when things are getting out of control.
When shit hits the fan I'm out of here.
When a hidden or contained problem (the shit) is suddenly exposed or spirals into utter chaos (shit making contact with rotating fan blades) causing a change of tactic from problem elimination (disposal of shit) to damage control or abandonment (cleaning of all traces of bits of scattered of shit or escaping as situation is now unmanageable)
When the shit hits the fan, we’re going to need to call in a cleaner
1.)When all hell breaks loose, Pandora's Box is opened, when you're screwed big time, and/or when yer fucked over.
2.)The moment at which fecal matter hits the spinning blades of an electric fan.
3.)A really good Circle Jerks song featured on the cult classic film Repo Man.
We just get by however we can. We all gotta duck, when the shit hits the fan!
Goddamit boy, how many time have I told you to stop shitting in front of the fan?
When the truth is discovered the consequences will be felt.
You're in big trouble when the shit hits the fan.
Sometimes it's advantageous to ignore the problem, let it explode, and have other people deal with it. This policy is called "let the shit hit the fan".
A: Look, these numbers they gave us are really wrong.
B: I say, let the shit hit the fan and then they'll fix it.
when you pick up poo and lob it in a fan and it sprays everywhere -
On xbox live:
Marc: OMG shits hitting the fan!
Steve: Oh no it must be spraying everywhere!