when the shit hits the fan

Meaning

1. when sb in authority finds out about sth bad or wrong that sb has done

   When the shit hits the fan, I don't want to be here.

In the movies · 1

• I was like, when the shit really hit the fan, I was able to do what needed to be done to get us out of there.The Dawn Wall2017

Learn it in full scenes

• The Dawn Wall2017
  • Tommy's Father Toughens Him Up
  • Tommy Caldwell Wins Snowbird
  • Climbers Taken Hostage in Kyrgyzstan

From the same entry

• beat, kick, the shit out of
• in the shit
• like shit
• no shit
• not give a shit
• shit happens
• bug the hell out of
• a crock of shit
• scare the shit out of