sack of shit
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- noun
- /sæk əv ʃɪt/
- Offensive
- That performance was a real sack of shit; I expected so much more from them.
- lying sack of shit
- sorry sack of shit
- overrated sack of shit
Examples
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Give me a hand with this sack of shit.
Fiction book (2000) -
Reagan was a lying sack of shit.
Blog text (34) -
Whoever told you this was either completely wrong or a lying sack of shit.
Blog text (29) -
You might as well say 250 billion, you lying sack of shit.
Blog text (26) -
I'm just a lazy sack of shit now.
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And those who didn't ended up creating a whole sack of shit for the rest of us.
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Get back here, you worthless sack of shit !
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Oh, shut up, you overrated sack of shit.
Fiction book (1999) -
He's about the most useless sack of shit in government.
Blog text (3) -
Ivan, you're such a lying sack of shit.
Blog text (4)
Synonyms
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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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A person or thing that is very bad and has no value used to insult someone
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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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9.9
A rude word for poop or for something you think is useless
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1.7
A thing that is useless and not worth keeping
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4.7
Something thought to be worthless or of very low quality
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9.9
A rude word for something that is nonsense or of very low quality
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A statement that is completely untrue and makes no sense
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A rude expression that says something is not true
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Talk or ideas that are untrue and not worth believing
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A thing that is of very poor quality and not worth the money
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A very dirty, messy pile of trash and broken things
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An insulting word for a person or thing that is very bad
Something that is very bad and not useful
A thing that is very bad and not worth having
A poor-quality thing that does not work well
A rude way to say food or other things are very bad
A rude phrase for something completely pointless and not worth your time
Antonyms
How Worthless
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'worthless/poorly done' is directly derivable from the literal composition 'sack (bag) of shit' because 'shit' already carries a vulgar meaning of nonsense/worthlessness and 'sack of' simply denotes a quantity/collection. This evaluative excremental metaphor is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would very likely infer the insulting, derogatory sense (though they should be warned it is vulgar).
Etymology
Sack of shit comes from a simple image: a heavy, smelly sack full of shit, like a bag of animal waste that people saw as dirty and worthless. So when someone calls an object or idea a sack of shit, they mean it is 'worthless' or very badly done.