pile of shitとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

pile of shit (複数形 piles of shit)

1. (vulgar, slang) Something that is not true, a mass of lies (refers to bullshit).

   They said he survived the fall? What a pile of shit!

2. (vulgar, slang) Any worthless structure or device.

   Take this pile of shit back where you bought it and get your money back.

3. (vulgar, slang) A totally worthless person.
   • 1998, Deborah Cameron, The Feminist Critique of Language: A Reader, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 267:

     Guard: "And I'll tell you another thing. I've got a wife and three kids. And you're all a pile of shit." Prisoner: "I've got a wife and three kids." Guard: "You've what?"

   • 2010, Joe R Lansdale, Sunset and Sawdust, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 98:

     How did he think he could attract a woman when his house was a pile of shit. Hell, he was a pile of shit.

   • 2017, William C. Dietz, Bones of Empire, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, →ISBN, page 48:

     I told the civvie no, that I was a member of the Xeno Corps, and flashed my badge to prove it. That was when he asked if I could 'sense' what he was feeling, and I said no, because it's impossible to know how a pile of shit feels.

同意語

• load of crap
• load of shit
• pile of crap