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bad hair day (複数形 bad hair days)

1. (literally) A day when one's hair seems unmanageable. [from 20th c.]
   • 2002 March 23, Michelle and Robert Lamoreaux, “The Black Widows”, in Totally Spies!‎^[2], season 1, episode 16, Teletoon, Marathon Media, spoken by Samantha “Sam” (Jennifer Hale):

     Okay, girls, here's the plan. I'll call Jerry and tell him we need to get to Tahiti A.S.A.P. Clover, you free the Bees and restore their memories. Alex, you figure out how to put an end to this very, very, very bad hair day.

2. (idiomatic, by extension) A day when things seem to be unmanageable or go wrong.

   What's the matter with Fred? Oh, he's just having a bad hair day.

   • 2002 March 23, Michelle and Robert Lamoreaux, “The Black Widows”, in Totally Spies!‎^[3], season 1, episode 16, Teletoon, Marathon Media, spoken by Samantha “Sam” (Jennifer Hale):

     Okay, girls, here’s the plan. I’ll call Jerry and tell him we need to get to Tahiti A.S.A.P. Clover, you free the Bees and restore their memories. Alex, you figure out how to end this very, very, very bad hair day.

同意語

• (bad hair): hairmageddon

参考

• one of those days
• uncombable hair syndrome

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