hit the fan | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,intransitive)To have a dramatic, usually negative, effect.They were just clowning around, when suddenly it allhit the fan.Then the shit reallyhit the fan.2004December 2,Neil Cavuto, “Interview With Jeff Flake”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name):Let me ask you, Congressman, the case of a lot of these corporate scandals, I followed enough of them to know how -- how it works out. Once everything startshitting the fan, the CEO, the chairman or maybe a large share of the board of directors simply leaves, resigns

Examples:

EN: I think it's about to hit the fan.
ES: Creo que vamos a tener un buen problema.
EN: Looks like the soup has hit the fan.
ES: Ahora se armará la gorda.
EN: Something tells me the omelette is about to hit the fan.
ES: Algo me dice que la tortilla se nos va a pegar,
EN: Haven't had so much fun since the cayenne pepper hit the fan.
ES: No me divertía tanto desde que cayó pimienta en el ventilador.
EN: Somebody hit the fan?
ES: ¿Hay algún problema?
EN: If you'll pardon the expression, sir, you're about to see the ship hit the fan.
ES: Si disculpa la expresión, está a punto de ver cómo se destroza.
EN: Now the shit will hit the fan!
ES: ¡Aquí va a haber jodienda!
EN: It's about to hit the fan.
ES: El estallará.
EN: And it really hit the fan.
ES: Y armaron un gran revuelo.
EN: - What now? - It's hit the fan!
ES: ¿Qué pasó?
EN: Downtown's afraid it's gonna hit the fan.
ES: Los jefazos temen que desencadene un escándalo.
EN: The crap's gonna hit the fan.
ES: Prepárense.
EN: Once the shit hit the fan, no chance.
ES: yo pensé... Cuando la mierda da en el ventilador, no hay suerte.
EN: This is where the Ritz hit the fan.
ES: Aquí es donde todo se va al caño... del Ritz.
EN: She even showed up in church and that's when it hit the fan.
ES: Se presentó en la iglesia como si nada, y eso... - rebosó el vaso.

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