shit sandwich
English
Noun
shit sandwich (plural shit sandwiches)
- (slang, vulgar) Something highly undesirable made triflingly more palatable by attempting to surround it with more tolerable things.
- Synonyms: (expurgated) poop sandwich, dirt sandwich, booger sandwich
- 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 February 2017:
- 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.
- 2012 April 30, Fred R. Shapiro, “13 Crazy, Dirty Modern Proverbs”, in Daily Beast, retrieved 19 February 2017:
- Life is a shit sandwich: the more bread you have, the less shit you eat.
- 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 February 2017:
- After 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."