English Explanatory Dictionary

how the sausage gets made

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. The unpleasant way in which a process or activity is carried on behind the scenes.

Word forms

how the sausage gets made how the sausage is made

Etymology

Possibly arising from 19th century witticisms unfavorably comparing lawmaking and sausage making, though common usage only appears in the late 1980s and is devoid of references to law.

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