食屎屙飯

Chinese
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 stool; faeces defecate
 
food; cuisine; cooked rice
food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (食屎屙飯) 食 屎 屙 飯
simp. (食屎屙饭) 食 屎 屙 饭
Literally: “to eat faeces and excrete rice”.

Etymology

In contrast with the norm of 食飯屙屎 (“to eat rice and excrete faeces”).

Pronunciation

Idiom

食屎屙飯

  1. (Cantonese, colloquial, vulgar) to not follow norms; putting the cart before the horse

Synonyms
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