To feel like crap (like shit)

What does the idiom « To feel like crap (like shit) » mean?

To feel like shit is essentially a vulgar phrase, the actual idiom being « to feel like crap ». What does it mean? When we feel like crap, we feel ill. We feel awful, in a terrible shape. It can also mean to feel down or disgusted, as mentioned in the Urban Dictionary. When we feel like crap or feel like shit, we may as well stay in bed to recover and get some rest.

Similarly, to look like shit has the same meaning: we look tired after a long day at work, or the way we look in the mirror when we get up after a long night spent in a club – meaning we’re hungover.

You can also say: to feel bad, to feel terrible, to feel rotten, to linger on, to get up on the wrong side of the bed.

Translation into French: Avoir la tête dans le cul (To have one’s head in one’s butt), Être un (vrai) zombie (To be a zombie)