bad-hair day
a day when everything goes wrong
TRANSLATION
bad hair day [coll.] = Tag, an dem alles schiefgeht LEO
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Bad-hair day for Vietnamese arts
Vietnam is to ban performing artists with shaved heads or dyed and untidy hair from appearing on stage.
Regulation 47 bans "hairstyles which inflict horror, painted or dyed hair, shaved heads or long, uncombed hair".
The ban was announced by the ministry of culture last week.
The communist country - which censors public performances - says the measure will contribute to Vietnamese traditional identity in the arts.
(BBC News - 21st July 2004)
Vietnam is to ban performing artists with shaved heads or dyed and untidy hair from appearing on stage.
Regulation 47 bans "hairstyles which inflict horror, painted or dyed hair, shaved heads or long, uncombed hair".
The ban was announced by the ministry of culture last week.
The communist country - which censors public performances - says the measure will contribute to Vietnamese traditional identity in the arts.
(BBC News - 21st July 2004)
Did you
know?
bad-hair day
a difficult day when everything seems to go wrong
Literal "bad hair days" when your hair misbehaves are no fun either, and may actually have serious psychological effects on the victim. A study conducted in 2000 at Yale University found that a day when a person's hair asserts itself in a lumpy, flippy, flat or frizzy fashion can cause depressing feelings of low self-esteem and vulnerability. Surprisingly, researchers found that men are more likely than women to be affected by bad hair. Perhaps not so surprisingly, the study was underwritten by a shampoo company.
Tracing the exact origin of "bad hair day" hasn't been easy. William Safire, in a column on this topic in 1993, traced the phrase to a 1991 comment by comedian Gary Shandling (known for asking "Is my hair all right?" as part of his stand-up routine). In 1995, TV personality Jane Pauley claimed on a number of occasions to have coined the phrase sometime back in the 1970s.
Adapted from: The Word Detective
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Be careful what you say to the boss. He seems to be having a bad-hair day"
a difficult day when everything seems to go wrong
Literal "bad hair days" when your hair misbehaves are no fun either, and may actually have serious psychological effects on the victim. A study conducted in 2000 at Yale University found that a day when a person's hair asserts itself in a lumpy, flippy, flat or frizzy fashion can cause depressing feelings of low self-esteem and vulnerability. Surprisingly, researchers found that men are more likely than women to be affected by bad hair. Perhaps not so surprisingly, the study was underwritten by a shampoo company.
Tracing the exact origin of "bad hair day" hasn't been easy. William Safire, in a column on this topic in 1993, traced the phrase to a 1991 comment by comedian Gary Shandling (known for asking "Is my hair all right?" as part of his stand-up routine). In 1995, TV personality Jane Pauley claimed on a number of occasions to have coined the phrase sometime back in the 1970s.
Adapted from: The Word Detective
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Be careful what you say to the boss. He seems to be having a bad-hair day"
