stront aan de knikker
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “shit on the marble (ball)”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stront aan de knikker m (uncountable)
- a problem, trouble; used to indicate that something is wrong.
- Er is stront aan de knikker.
- The shit has hit the fan. / We're in the shit.
Usage notes edit
Mostly used along with variants of er zijn. The noun phrase never takes an article, but it can take determiners such as geen.