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Calculated Shard: 59 (from laksa186)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa059.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical, ml_categories_json AS ml_categories_json, ml_types_json AS ml_types_json, ml_intent_types_json AS ml_intent_types_json, meta_language AS meta_language, attrs_author AS attrs_author, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_publish_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_original_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_original_publish_time, ifNull(attrs_is_republished, 0) AS attrs_is_republished, ifNull(attrs_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_nr_words, ifNull(attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, ifNull(body_ext_links_number, 0) AS body_ext_links_number, ifNull(body_int_links_number, 0) AS body_int_links_number, ifNull(meta_nofollow, 0) AS meta_nofollow, ifNull(meta_noarchive, 0) AS meta_noarchive, ifNull(props_was_rendered, 0) AS props_was_rendered, ifNull(src_redirect, \'\') AS src_redirect, ifNull(download_time_msec, 0) AS download_time_msec, ifNull(download_ttfb_msec, 0) AS download_ttfb_msec, ifNull(download_size, 0) AS download_size FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/bad-hair-day\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/bad-hair-day\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/bad-hair-day","crawl_time":1775043499,"first_indexed_time":1630577065,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,cambridge!dictionary,\/us\/dictionary\/english\/bad-hair-day s443","src_root_hash":"15931212642018272059","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"BAD HAIR DAY definition | Cambridge English Dictionary","meta_descriptions":["BAD HAIR DAY meaning: 1. a day when you feel that you do not look attractive, especially because of your hair, and…. Learn more."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"in French\nin Turkish\nin Dutch\nin Czech\nin Danish\nin Indonesian\nin Thai\nin Vietnamese\nin Polish\nin Swedish\nin Malay\nin German\nin Norwegian\nin Ukrainian\nune mauvaise journée, (être) de mauvais poil…\ngününde olmama, kötü bir gün…\ndag waarop je er niet uitziet, dag waarop alles misgaat…\nden, kdy vypadáte hrozně, den blbec…\nen uheldig dag, tychobrahesdag…\nhari yang buruk…\nวันที่ทรงผมไม่ได้ดั่งใจ, วันที่อะไร ๆ ก็ดูผิดพลาดไปหมด…\nngày thiếu hấp dẫn, ngày xui xẻo…\ndzień, w którym nie układają się włosy, kiepski dzień…\ndålig hår dag, dålig dag…\nhari rambut serba tidak kena, hari semua tidak betul…\nder Bad-Hair-Day, ein schlechter Tag…\ndårlig hårdag, maks uflaks…\nдень, коли людина відчуває себе невпевнено через невдалу зачіску, не чийсь день…","attrs_markdown":"![](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz48c3ZnIHdpZHRoPSI5OTk5OXB4IiBoZWlnaHQ9Ijk5OTk5cHgiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5OTk5OSA5OTk5OSIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHhtbG5zOnhsaW5rPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8xOTk5L3hsaW5rIj48ZyBzdHJva2U9Im5vbmUiIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIGZpbGwtb3BhY2l0eT0iMCI+PHJlY3QgeD0iMCIgeT0iMCIgd2lkdGg9Ijk5OTk5IiBoZWlnaHQ9Ijk5OTk5Ij48L3JlY3Q+IDwvZz4gPC9zdmc+)\n\n[![Cambridge Dictionary](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/external\/images\/rv2-design\/CDO-logo-horizontal-positive.svg?version=6.0.73) ![Cambridge Dictionary](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/external\/images\/rv2-design\/CDO-logo-horizontal-positive.svg?version=6.0.73)](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/ \"Cambridge Dictionary\")\n\n- [![AI icon](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/external\/images\/assistant\/icon-ai-primary-md.svg?version=6.0.73) AI Assistant](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/assistant)\n- [Dictionary](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/)\n- [Translate](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/translate\/)\n- [Grammar](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/grammar\/british-grammar\/)\n- [Thesaurus](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/thesaurus\/)\n- [\\+Plus Cambridge Dictionary +Plus](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/plus\/)\n- [Games](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/games\/?utm_source=CDO&utm_medium=nav-bar&utm_campaign=gameshub-CDO-1&utm_id=games-nav&utm_content=games-nav)\n\n- [Cambridge Dictionary +Plus](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/plus\/)\n- [My profile](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/auth\/profile)\n- [\\+Plus help](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/howto.html)\n- Log out\n\n- [Cambridge Dictionary +Plus](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/plus\/)\n- [My profile](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/auth\/profile)\n- [\\+Plus help](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/howto.html)\n- Log out\n\nLog in  \/  Sign up\n\nEnglish (US)\n\n# Meaning of **bad hair day** in English\nbad hair day\n\nnoun [\\[ C \\]](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/help\/codes.html)\n\ninformal\n\nus\n\nYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio\n\n\/ˌbæd ˈher ˌdeɪ\/\n\nuk\n\nYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio\n\n\/ˌbæd ˈheə ˌdeɪ\/\n\n[Add to word list](\"Add this meaning to a word list\")   [Add to word list](\"Add this meaning to a word list\")\n\na [day](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/day \"day\") when you [feel](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/feel \"feel\") that you do not [look](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/look \"look\") [attractive](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/attractive \"attractive\"), [especially](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/especially \"especially\") because of [your](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/your \"your\") [hair](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/hair \"hair\"), and everything [seems](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/seem \"seems\") to go [wrong](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/wrong \"wrong\"):\n\nI'm having a [bad](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/bad \"bad\") [hair](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/hair \"hair\") [day](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/day \"day\").\n\nSMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases\n\n[Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/topics\/easy-and-difficult\/difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences\/ \"Words and phrases related to bad hair day in the topic Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences\")\n\n- [a hard\/tough row to hoe idiom](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/hard-tough-row-to-hoe?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"a hard\/tough row to hoe idiom\")\n- [a pretty pass idiom](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/pretty-pass?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"a pretty pass idiom\")\n- [a pretty\/fine kettle of fish idiom](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/pretty-fine-kettle-of-fish?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"a pretty\/fine kettle of fish idiom\")\n- [adversity](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/adversity?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"adversity\")\n- [at your worst idiom](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/at-worst?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"at your worst idiom\")\n- [Augean](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/augean?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"Augean\")\n- [banana skin](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/banana-skin?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"banana skin\")\n- [downer](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/downer?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"downer\")\n- [hardness](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/hardness?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"hardness\")\n- [have a bumpy ride idiom](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/have-a-bumpy-ride?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"have a bumpy ride idiom\")\n- [have someone over a barrel idiom](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/have-over-a-barrel?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"have someone over a barrel idiom\")\n- [pall](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/pall?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"pall\")\n- [prison](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/prison?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"prison\")\n- [prison sentence](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/prison-sentence?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"prison sentence\")\n- [purgatory](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/purgatory?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"purgatory\")\n- [scrape](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/scrape?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"scrape\")\n- [stench](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/stench?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"stench\")\n- [the Augean Stables idiom](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/augean-stables?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"the Augean Stables idiom\")\n- [the hard way idiom](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/hard-way?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"the hard way idiom\")\n- [torrid](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/%20https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/torrid?topic=difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences%20 \"torrid\")\n\n[See more results »](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/topics\/easy-and-difficult\/difficult-situations-and-unpleasant-experiences\/ \"Words and phrases related to bad hair day in the topic Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences\")\n\n(Definition of **bad hair day** from the [**Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus**](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/ \"Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus\") © Cambridge University Press)\n\n## Examples of bad hair day\nbad hair day\n\nThe next time you are having a *bad* *hair* *day* or feeling sorry for yourself, try to remember how lucky you really are\\!\n\nFrom [Huffington Post](http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/robert-tornambe-md\/realistic-beauty_b_870296.html)\n\nAll together, it's exactly the kind of complex, chaotic system that physicists consider a good challenge and everybody else considers a *bad* *hair* *day*.\n\nFrom [TIME](http:\/\/time.com\/7593\/curly-hair-physics-explained\/)\n\nA headscarf always works when you're having a *bad* *hair* *day*.\n\nFrom [Huffington Post](http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/08\/05\/style-lessons-marilyn-monroe_n_3696442.html)\n\nSure, sometimes you have a *bad* *hair* *day* or don't want to see your ex, but this seems a little excessive.\n\nFrom [TIME](http:\/\/time.com\/49647\/the-6-types-of-apps-that-are-making-you-a-worse-person\/)\n\nJust like you have a *bad* *hair* *day* when you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, you can have a fat day.\n\nFrom [Huffington Post](http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/08\/19\/fat-talk_n_927385.html)\n\nShe laughed, with some embarrassment, and said that was a *bad* *hair* *day*.\n\nFrom [CNN](http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/12\/18\/living\/mom-retro-hair\/)\n\nOn one occasion, a manager who was having a particularly *bad* *hair* *day* told me that she had been receiving compliments from the kitchen staff.\n\nFrom the [Cambridge English Corpus](https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/gb\/cambridgeenglish\/better-learning-insights\/corpus)\n\nIt wasn't just bad hair days that kept you from the camera.\n\nFrom [Huffington Post](http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/10\/08\/mom-in-the-picture-stories_n_1948228.html)\n\nThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.\n\n[What is the pronunciation of *bad hair day*?](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/pronunciation\/english\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day pronunciation in English\")\n\n## Translations of bad hair day\nin Chinese (Traditional)\n\n不如意的一天，倒楣的日子…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english-chinese-traditional\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Chinese (Traditional) translation\")\n\nin Chinese (Simplified)\n\n很不顺利的一天，倒霉的日子…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english-chinese-simplified\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Chinese (Simplified) translation\")\n\nin Spanish\n\nDía Feo, Mal día…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english-spanish\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day Spanish translation\")\n\nin Portuguese\n\ndia ruim, dia em que não se consegue arrumar o cabelo, um dia daqueles…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english-portuguese\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Portuguese translation\")\n\nin more languages\n\nin French\n\nin Turkish\n\nin Dutch\n\nin Czech\n\nin Danish\n\nin Indonesian\n\nin Thai\n\nin Vietnamese\n\nin Polish\n\nin Swedish\n\nin Malay\n\nin German\n\nin Norwegian\n\nin Ukrainian\n\nune mauvaise journée, (être) de mauvais poil…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english-french\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: French translation\")\n\ngününde olmama, kötü bir gün…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english-turkish\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day Turkish translation\")\n\ndag waarop je er niet uitziet, dag waarop alles misgaat…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english-dutch\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Dutch translation\")\n\nden, kdy vypadáte hrozně, den blbec…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english-czech\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Czech translation\")\n\nen uheldig dag, tychobrahesdag…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english-danish\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Danish translation\")\n\nhari yang buruk…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english-indonesian\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Indonesian translation\")\n\nวันที่ทรงผมไม่ได้ดั่งใจ, วันที่อะไร ๆ ก็ดูผิดพลาดไปหมด…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english-thai\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Thai translation\")\n\nngày thiếu hấp dẫn, ngày xui xẻo…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english-vietnamese\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Vietnamese translation\")\n\ndzień, w którym nie układają się włosy, kiepski dzień…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english-polish\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Polish translation\")\n\ndålig hår dag, dålig dag…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english-swedish\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Swedish translation\")\n\nhari rambut serba tidak kena, hari semua tidak betul…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english-malaysian\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Malay translation\")\n\nder Bad-Hair-Day, ein schlechter Tag…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english-german\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: German translation\")\n\ndårlig hårdag, maks uflaks…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english-norwegian\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Norwegian translation\")\n\nдень, коли людина відчуває себе невпевнено через невдалу зачіску, не чийсь день…\n\n[See more](https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english-ukrainian\/bad-hair-day \"bad hair day: Ukrainian translation\")\n\nNeed a translator?\n\nGet a quick, free translation\\!\n\n[Translator 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BAD HAIR DAY meaning: 1. a day when you feel that you do not look attractive, especially because of your hair, and…. Learn more.

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in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian une mauvaise journée, (être) de mauvais poil… gününde olmama, kötü bir gün… dag waarop je er niet uitziet, dag waarop alles misgaat… den, kdy vypadáte hrozně, den blbec… en uheldig dag, tychobrahesdag… hari yang buruk… วันที่ทรงผมไม่ได้ดั่งใจ, วันที่อะไร ๆ ก็ดูผิดพลาดไปหมด… ngày thiếu hấp dẫn, ngày xui xẻo… dzień, w którym nie układają się włosy, kiepski dzień… dålig hår dag, dålig dag… hari rambut serba tidak kena, hari semua tidak betul… der Bad-Hair-Day, ein schlechter Tag… dårlig hårdag, maks uflaks… день, коли людина відчуває себе невпевнено через невдалу зачіску, не чийсь день…

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From [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-tornambe-md/realistic-beauty_b_870296.html) All together, it's exactly the kind of complex, chaotic system that physicists consider a good challenge and everybody else considers a *bad* *hair* *day*. From [TIME](http://time.com/7593/curly-hair-physics-explained/) A headscarf always works when you're having a *bad* *hair* *day*. From [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/05/style-lessons-marilyn-monroe_n_3696442.html) Sure, sometimes you have a *bad* *hair* *day* or don't want to see your ex, but this seems a little excessive. From [TIME](http://time.com/49647/the-6-types-of-apps-that-are-making-you-a-worse-person/) Just like you have a *bad* *hair* *day* when you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, you can have a fat day. From [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/19/fat-talk_n_927385.html) She laughed, with some embarrassment, and said that was a *bad* *hair* *day*. From [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/18/living/mom-retro-hair/) On one occasion, a manager who was having a particularly *bad* *hair* *day* told me that she had been receiving compliments from the kitchen staff. From the [Cambridge English Corpus](https://www.cambridge.org/gb/cambridgeenglish/better-learning-insights/corpus) It wasn't just bad hair days that kept you from the camera. From [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/mom-in-the-picture-stories_n_1948228.html) These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. [What is the pronunciation of *bad hair day*?](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/bad-hair-day "bad hair day pronunciation in English") ## Translations of bad hair day in Chinese (Traditional) 不如意的一天，倒楣的日子… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Chinese (Traditional) translation") in Chinese (Simplified) 很不顺利的一天，倒霉的日子… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-chinese-simplified/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Chinese (Simplified) translation") in Spanish Día Feo, Mal día… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-spanish/bad-hair-day "bad hair day Spanish translation") in Portuguese dia ruim, dia em que não se consegue arrumar o cabelo, um dia daqueles… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-portuguese/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Portuguese translation") in more languages in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian une mauvaise journée, (être) de mauvais poil… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-french/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: French translation") gününde olmama, kötü bir gün… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-turkish/bad-hair-day "bad hair day Turkish translation") dag waarop je er niet uitziet, dag waarop alles misgaat… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-dutch/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Dutch translation") den, kdy vypadáte hrozně, den blbec… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-czech/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Czech translation") en uheldig dag, tychobrahesdag… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-danish/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Danish translation") hari yang buruk… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-indonesian/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Indonesian translation") วันที่ทรงผมไม่ได้ดั่งใจ, วันที่อะไร ๆ ก็ดูผิดพลาดไปหมด… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-thai/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Thai translation") ngày thiếu hấp dẫn, ngày xui xẻo… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-vietnamese/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Vietnamese translation") dzień, w którym nie układają się włosy, kiepski dzień… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-polish/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Polish translation") dålig hår dag, dålig dag… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-swedish/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Swedish translation") hari rambut serba tidak kena, hari semua tidak betul… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-malaysian/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Malay translation") der Bad-Hair-Day, ein schlechter Tag… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-german/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: German translation") dårlig hårdag, maks uflaks… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-norwegian/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Norwegian translation") день, коли людина відчуває себе невпевнено через невдалу зачіску, не чийсь день… [See more](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-ukrainian/bad-hair-day "bad hair day: Ukrainian translation") Need a translator? 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2026-03-30 00:00:00 (26 days ago)

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2021-09-02 10:04:25 (4 years ago)

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