Groundhog Dayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 2

From the title of the film Groundhog Day (1993), in which a man is forced to live out the same day over and over in a time loop.

名詞

Groundhog Day (複数形 Groundhog Days)

1. (informal) A situation in which events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion.
   • 2003, Angie Errigo, The Rough Guide to the Lord of the Rings, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 137:

     Jackson, working on production this summer, sounded very much as if he were missing the trilogy already: "Each movie has a very different tone, feel and structure so I've never really felt like I've been trapped in a Groundhog Day for seven years working on one project."

   • 2011, Cathy Hopkins, Million Dollar Mates: Paparazzi Princess, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     She'd spend ages buying and wrapping presents and never got bored with it like Aunt Maddie did. Aunt M said doing Christmas cards year after year made her feel like she was trapped in a groundhog day.

   • 2011, Jeff Ryan, Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America, Penguin, →ISBN:

     Mario, somewhat infamously, is stuck in a Groundhog Day of perpetually having to rescue the princess from Bowser. Even when the plot is new, the story stays old: Mario stops the big bad and saves the girl.

   • 2023 July 26, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: Rebuild trust or it's game over”, in RAIL, number 988, page 3:

     I went on maternity leave in May 2022, […] More than a year later, and it feels like I'm in Groundhog Day. Nothing has changed. We're still arguing about the same issues, just with a diminished spirit and less sense of optimism. Sadly, I'm not surprised.

動詞

Groundhog Day (三人称単数 現在形 Groundhog Days, 現在分詞 Groundhog Daying, 過去形および過去分詞形 Groundhog Dayed)

1. (informal) To live out a situation in which events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion.
   • 2017 April 25, Cory Doctorow, Walkaway, Head of Zeus Ltd, →ISBN:

     When Dis told her about groundhog daying, named after the old movie, she'd underestimated the way the experience would play out for her, going through the same conversations over again, trying different gambits but ending up in the same […]