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Originally Posted by Hugh

The version I heard of this was from one of my RAF FB pages (one of the RAF stations in Germany).

The nearest German equivalent to "the shit hits the fan" is "Jetzt haben wir den Salat" (“Now we have the salad”) - things are so bad they are reduced to eating salads. (not a literal translation our phrase, more of an equivalent feeling (things are really bad) - this was told to me by one of my German civvy co-workers in the early 80s.

Germans are preparing for the crisis and are all panic buying and hoarding Sausages and Cheese...

That sounds like the Wurst Käse scenario....

Brilliant! I prolly didn't listen properly to my daughter.

As to "Salat", das klingt nicht so gut wie "when the shit hits the fan"!