I. interjection
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be hot shit American English informal not polite (= used about someone or something that people think is very good )
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crock (of shit)
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That's a crock . She'd never even met him before.
be a piece of shit/crap
be full of crap/shit/it
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Black cats are full of it, while pale animals have less.
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His head was full of it.
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I thought she was full of shit, but what the hell?
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Television is full of it about election time.
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The very donkey boys were full of it.
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Usually her hands are full of it.
be in deep shit
jack (shit)
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It doesn't look like they did jack shit.
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And there was a further twenty second time penalty for leaving a jack out of place.
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Henry turned to her and held up the jack .
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Money for plaintiffs' lawyers and court costs will jack the total up to some $ 550m.
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On the final end he moved the jack again to add another and finish 20-17 ahead.
kick the shit out of sb
not give a damn/shit etc
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As David said, the union simply does not give a shit.
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For opening doors and not giving a damn about what anybody else has to say to it.
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I think their nonchalance about not caring or not giving a damn about record sales is just not true.
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It was nature that had turned her grey, she said, and she did not give a damn.
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My ideal would be to not give a damn as much as possible.
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This time she yelled his name, not giving a damn if she looked a fool, and dived after him.
tough shit!
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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We know we're in deep shit .
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We knew we were in some deep shit at that time.
full
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And, by the way-Clive's full of shit .
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They're so full of shit .
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I thought she was full of shit , but what the hell?
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You have a head full of bad shit .
little
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Bit me, the little shit .
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And of course, that little shit has no right to try and ambush me or get me with a booby trap!
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One night I got stoned and saw exactly what I'd become - a spoiled, heartless little shit .
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This is his umpteenth bust on similar charges, the little shit .
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Can't stand the little shit , personally.
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Young players slow down as their bodies put on weight ... especially thin little shits like Sharpe.
tough
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People must believe that you're such a tough shit you would snap them in half if they sneezed.
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Wednesday was good, Thursday is bad. Tough shit , but with the Dead them's the breaks.
■ VERB
beat
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That fish wasn't scheduled to beat the shit out of Doug.
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He caught her and dragged her back home and beat the shit out of her.
feel
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It's a terrible thing to be told that and then to do what the director says and it feels like shit .
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The school made you feel like shit .
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Everytime I am about to go to a cup match I imagine myself travelling back home feeling like shit .
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And it used to make me feel like shit to hear that.
get
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Considering we ve got such shit players and shit management that s not bad is it.
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It may be so, but we have to get off that shit .
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People take time to get into all that shit What's the state of the funk today?
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You got the shit kicked outta you.
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She definitely couldn't stay with us: Dad would get in shit with Anwar.
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He had to get out of this shit .
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We get treated like shit in this job.
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I know you better get your shit together with her.
give
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I guess if they are reasonable there is no reason to give them any shit .
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You think they give a shit about the producers?
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I skate down the road a bit before I shout at cops - or anyone that was giving me some shit .
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They could give a shit if you like this stuff.
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Some of them didn't work out too well ... Who really gives a shit ?
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And no one gave a shit about the pressure of it all.
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But what Gunshot have got over those they're criticising is that they don't give a shit who they upset.
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Then again, Metheny has never seemed to give a shit , which is the way it should be in jazz experimentation.
kick
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They retailed around £38-£45, depending on the model, and for sound kicked the shit out of my Levin.
look
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Here goes ... I expected to look like shit but this was ridiculous.
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You looked like shit the other night.
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We really do look like shit .
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I try to think of nice ways to comment on his appearance without saying he looks like shit .
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Come in to work next morning looking shit .
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The cities all looked like shit alley to me.
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You can stay home and look like shit .
treat
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We get treated like shit in this job.
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There are people I treat like shit .
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Everybody always treats me like shit .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Just put your shit on the chair over there.
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She put up with a lot of shit from her ex-husband.
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There's a pile of dog shit on the sidewalk.
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What are you looking at, you little shit ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the shit proliferates, he wrote, and there is still much to be done.
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I mean, shit , I got to know what he's thinking, right?
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So you heard this shit from Amelia?
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The room began to smell of feathers and shit .
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There are people I treat like shit .
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We really do look like shit .
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Why are you into this kind of shit ?
III. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crock (of shit)
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That's a crock . She'd never even met him before.
be a piece of shit/crap
be full of crap/shit/it
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Black cats are full of it, while pale animals have less.
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His head was full of it.
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I thought she was full of shit, but what the hell?
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Television is full of it about election time.
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The very donkey boys were full of it.
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Usually her hands are full of it.
be in deep shit
jack (shit)
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It doesn't look like they did jack shit.
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And there was a further twenty second time penalty for leaving a jack out of place.
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Henry turned to her and held up the jack .
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Money for plaintiffs' lawyers and court costs will jack the total up to some $ 550m.
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On the final end he moved the jack again to add another and finish 20-17 ahead.
tough shit!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The bread holds it below till you're ready to shit .
IV. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crock (of shit)
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That's a crock . She'd never even met him before.
be a piece of shit/crap
jack (shit)
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It doesn't look like they did jack shit.
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And there was a further twenty second time penalty for leaving a jack out of place.
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Henry turned to her and held up the jack .
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Money for plaintiffs' lawyers and court costs will jack the total up to some $ 550m.
▪
On the final end he moved the jack again to add another and finish 20-17 ahead.
kick the shit out of sb
not give a damn/shit etc
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As David said, the union simply does not give a shit.
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For opening doors and not giving a damn about what anybody else has to say to it.
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I think their nonchalance about not caring or not giving a damn about record sales is just not true.
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It was nature that had turned her grey, she said, and she did not give a damn.
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My ideal would be to not give a damn as much as possible.
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This time she yelled his name, not giving a damn if she looked a fool, and dived after him.