Definition of "**** on Toast"

may3da,

it means that it is a very bad plan... no one would want anything to do with it.

I believe he's saying that the plan is a) **** and b) completely inappropriate.

When I was in our military there was a commonly served meal called **** On a Shingle )SOS) which was creamed chipped beef on toast.

Thats the whole point. Its just another, albeit more graphic, way of saying that "this plan is terrible and worthless. Actually, to call it worthless would be a compliment
".
Now we do have a popular breakfast food here in the US (I assume that youre not from the US). It consists of a dried beef fried up and made into a gravy with flour milk and butter. Another way is to fry up sausage bits and make that into a similar gravy. Then this is spooned over buttered toast(or bisquits) and eaten . These are known as "frizz dried beef-on- toast" or "Bisquits and gravy". The more popular name for the variety served over toast is "**** on a SHingle" Very popular with soldiers and sailors( so Ive been told).

from "urban dictionary"

Perhaps you misunderstood?

Could it be that the plan is, in fact, to sit on toast?



Drew(make sure it's butter side down)Dad

Do you mean **** on a shingle.If so it refers to the chipped or ground beef on toast conconction that was served as food in the Army.

are you sure he's using the negative connotation of **** on toast?

Thank you!
Thank you so much for your answers!
I'm a video translator in Japan.
It was a phrase from the deleted scene segment
of one of the US's TV drama.

may3da

Well that's fascinating.

I may get me a job as a translator working from American into English. :wink:

Maybe that's the derivation. Most guys in the Army didn't like SOS. I was the exception, and I've made it myself many times. I must admit, though, that it looks rather shitty.

Fugedaboutit. The only tru english is spoken in Brooklyn USA. :wink: