"not know whether to shit or go blind" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1962, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, page 66",
          "text": "\"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.\"",
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          "ref": "2004, Ralph Wallis, The Memoirs of a Rambling Mind, page 111",
          "text": "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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        "To be bewildered, especially about what future course of action one should take."
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        "(vulgar) To be bewildered, especially about what future course of action one should take."
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          "word": "not know whether to spit or go blind"
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  "word": "not know whether to shit or go blind"
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