eat shit
To fall and land on one's faceTo fall and land on one's face.
» Eat shit — millions of flies cannot be wrong.
Fresst Scheiße - Millionen von Fliegen können nicht irren. — MUIRIEL
Ешьте дерьмо. Миллионы мух не могут ошибаться. — shanghainese
Їж лайно. Мільйони мух не можуть помилитися. — deniko
kebukebu · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(slang, vulgar)To fall and land on one's face.
The sidewalk was icy, so I ate shit after leaving my house.
(slang, vulgar)To experience a catastrophic breakdown.
(humorous, slang, vulgar)To do something disgusting or strongly undesirable.
(slang, vulgar)To be soundly defeated.
When he started insulting people's mothers, the bouncer made him eat shit.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, shit.
(Florida, US, slang, vulgar)To do nothing of importance; to idle.
Examples
15 sentencesEat shit — millions of flies cannot be wrong.
Їж лайно. Мільйони мух не можуть помилитися. — deniko
ruЕшьте дерьмо. Миллионы мух не могут ошибаться. — shanghainese
deFresst Scheiße - Millionen von Fliegen können nicht irren. — MUIRIEL
Eat when you eat, shit when you shit.
Daniel was eating shit.
They're going to eat the shit sandwich no matter what.
In the special forces, they also teach you how to eat shit and how to love eating it.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Calque of Spanish comer mierda (“to waste time”) in the context of Cuban SpanishCalque of Spanish comer mierda (“to waste time”) in the context of Cuban Spanish
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Forms
eats shit, eating shit, ate shit, eaten shit| Base form | eat shit · to eat shit |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | eats shit |
| Present participle | eating shit |
| Past simple | ate shit |
| Past participle | eaten shit |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.