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"How the sausage is made" is an American idiom. Generally, it means "a process that makes a good thing but is chaotic or messy". We say this because sausage is
by bglazer 11y ago
"How the sausage is made" is an American idiom. Generally, it means "a process that makes a good thing but is chaotic or messy".
We say this because sausage is tasty, but most people prefer not to see all the animal parts being ground up and stuffed into an intestine.
- cubano 11y agoActually, I think it was the German Von Bismark who could be attributed to the quote... "Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made."