有很多研究都顯示,女同胞們每天早上打開衣櫥,平均要花十幾分鐘來決定到底要穿什么出門。影視劇里也經(jīng)常有這樣的場景,女主要出去約會,于是她就一件一件從衣櫥里拿衣服出來試穿、照鏡子,旁邊的床上已經(jīng)堆滿了衣服。
其實,選擇穿什么出門真的是個挺讓人頭疼的問題。有時候盯著衣櫥看了半天,也找不出一件想穿的衣服,心里有怒氣也是難免的吧。
'Wardrobe rage'describes the irrational tantrums people feel when they are staring at the wardrobe but don't know what to wear or cannot find anything they want to wear.
“衣櫥怒”指人們盯著自己的衣櫥卻不知道該穿什么,或者,找不到任何想穿的衣服時焦躁的發(fā)怒狀態(tài)。
Cluttered wardrobes and anxiety about wearing the right outfit means the average woman spends almost 17 minutes a day rifling through their wardrobes. This amounts to more than four days a year or almost six months between the ages of 18 and 60.
凌亂的衣櫥,加上想要找到合適衣服的焦慮感意味著女性每天差不多要花17分鐘在衣櫥里來回翻找。累積起來的話,這相當(dāng)于每年有4天,從18歲到60歲的這些年里,大概會有6個月的時間,女性都在衣柜里找衣服。
And while men might not be as bad, they aren't immune - spending 13 minutes a day or the equivalent of three days a year deciding what to wear.
雖然男同胞們可能不會這么夸張,但他們也沒好到哪里去。他們每天花13分鐘在衣櫥里翻找,相當(dāng)于一年有3天的時間,他們都在抉擇到底穿啥。
One in five men even own up to throwing clothes around the room as they struggle to pick an outfit, while more than a third have succumbed to a bout of 'wardrobe rage' at least once in the past.
有五分之一的男士甚至?xí)谔舨怀龊线m的衣服時把衣服扔得滿屋子都是,超過三分之一的男士過去至少爆發(fā)過一次“衣櫥怒”。
這個表達(dá)來源于大家都熟悉的road rage(路怒),后來衍生的相關(guān)表達(dá)還有web rage(網(wǎng)怒),desk rage(桌怒)以及air rage(空怒)等。
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