post-holiday slump
- noun
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depresión post-vacacional
- Many employees experience a post-holiday slump when they return to work in January.
Examples
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Many people experience a post-holiday slump after New Year's Day.
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To combat the post-holiday slump, she planned a series of small celebrations throughout the winter.
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After the excitement of Christmas, a sense of post-holiday slump settled over the entire family.
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Are you feeling the post-holiday slump too?
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After the excitement of Christmas, a sense of post-holiday slump settled over the entire family.
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Many employees experience a post-holiday slump when they return to work in January.
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To combat the post-holiday slump, she planned a series of small celebrations throughout the winter.
Synonyms
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7.5
A time when someone feels sad and has little energy
A period when activity is low and progress stops
How Low
27
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
post-holiday + slump
The phrase is compositionally built: 'post-holiday' (= after the holidays) combined with 'slump' (= a decline) yields a decline occurring after holiday periods. This is a regular, transparent compounding pattern (post/after + event + slump) that is cross-linguistically common and thus readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Post-holiday slump comes from the picture of someone who, after a big holiday, slumps down on the sofa from tiredness. So, it means a short time of low energy or 'low mood' after the holidays.