not know whether to shit or go blind

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not know whether to shit or go blind

  1. (vulgar) To be bewildered, especially about what future course of action one should take.
    • 1962, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, page 66:
      "One week, and if I don't have her to where she don't know whether to shit or go blind, the bet is yours."
    • 2004, Ralph Wallis, The Memoirs of a Rambling Mind, page 111:
      I didn't know whether to shit or go blind, this was the former enemy approaching me. I didn't know if I should still salute him or not, since it was required all through boot camp and it would be a hard habit to break.

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