sack of crap
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9.9
- noun
- Offensive
- Now go home and have yourself a real cry, you sorry sack of crap.
Examples
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You lying sack of crap.
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You think you can harass my mom, you fat sack of crap?
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You lying sack of crap.
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Historians refer to him as a useless sack of crap.
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Romney is either a lying sack of crap, or he has the worst memory of any presidential candidate.
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I was trying to be snarky about the sperm donor, not the female parents, at least some of whom have been victimized by a lying sack of crap that calls itself a man.
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Many people believe that the abandoned building is nothing more than a sack of crap.
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The movie received terrible reviews and was described as a total sack of crap.
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After reading the book, she declared it a sack of crap and warned her friends not to waste their time.
Synonyms
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9.9
Something worthless or untrue that people say to you
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8.5
Words that are false or useless
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9.9
A person or thing that is very bad and has no value used to insult someone
225
7.4
People who are treated as worthless or unimportant
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1.6
Useless or silly information, for example in unwanted emails
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9.6
A rude word for a person or thing that is very bad and not worth anything
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8.9
A thing of very poor quality that is useless
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3.2
A thing that is worth little and does not work well
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1.7
A thing that is useless and not worth keeping
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9.9
Something that is very bad and should be ignored
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4.7
Something thought to be worthless or of very low quality
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8.9
A very bad person who treats other people cruelly
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9.9
A rude word for something that is nonsense or of very low quality
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9.9
A rude expression for an extremely unpleasant person who treats others badly
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8.8
A thing that is broken and useless
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9.9
A person seen as having no value or use
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9.9
Something that is very bad and not useful
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9.9
An insulting word for a person or thing that is very bad
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6.6
A thing that is very bad and of low quality like a book or film
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9.9
Something of very poor quality not worth buying
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9.2
An insulting word for a person who is dishonest or behaves badly
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9.9
A poor-quality thing that does not work well
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9.9
A thing or person of low quality and bad taste
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9.7
Very low quality art or entertainment that lacks new ideas
A thing that is very bad and not worth having
A person who is very rude and treats others badly
A rude phrase for something completely pointless and not worth your time
Antonyms
How Worthless
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'something regarded as worthless' is directly derivable from combining 'sack' (a bag/container) + 'of' (containing) + 'crap' (worthless material): a bag full of crap metaphorically describes something composed of worthless stuff. This container-of-X composition is compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the intended (vulgar) meaning.
Etymology
The idiom sack of crap comes from the image of a big bag, a sack, full of crap, meaning dung or rubbish, so it looks dirty and useless. So when people call something a sack of crap, they mean it is 'worthless' or very bad quality.