HOLY crap

Grumbler, does this mean that a situation is really dire, or that the quality of something is really bad... or both?

The former)

+++Grumbler

Vladislav, HOLY CRAP doesn’t imply that a situation is dire, it implies that the speaker is excited about something either negatively or positively, depending on the situation. It’s an exclamation, not a statement. I don’t think it’s right.

I do not pretend to be absolutely right. That was just a my point. Eng is not my #1 language. I just imagined what I would say in case of something really bad happened to me. What is your point. How do you express yourself aloud if something will happen

"дело дрянь" - это, скорее, констатация факта, а не expressing yourself

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/holy_crap - An expression of amazement
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=holy%20crap

My point was that it’s not an accurate translation. Instead of translating the situation, you translated your reaction to the situation. It’s like translating “This is delicious!” as «ммммммм!».