Re: USAGE: The four shits in English

Quoth Theodore Kloba:
> David Brookshire Conner wrote:
> > shit for brains - stupid
> > shit-faced - drunk
> > shit a (backwards) porcupine - to become extremely upset and angry
> > the little shit(s) - annoying bad person, incompetent bumbler
> > sack of shit - a pathetic person, alt. a big lie
>
> Don't forget "to shit a brick," which is another (dialectical?) variation
> on "shit a porcupine" above.
Yes, and "built like a brick shithouse" for someone who is built, well,
rather sturdily. :)

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