Looks better on Mondays - 월요일 외모가 그 중 낫다.

  British women take four times as long to get ready for work on Mondays as they do on Fridays, which men also put less effort into their appearance as the week goes on, according to research by retail chain Debenhams. on average, women spend 76 minutes getting ready on Mondays, "with almost a third of that spent on their hair, 18 minutes on make-up, 16 minutes trying on different combinations of clothes and the rest taken up by showering washing. This is reduced to 40 minute on Tuesdays and continues to decline as the week goes on, failing to 19 minutes on Fridays. "Make the most of looking at your work colleagues on a Monday morning, because that's as good as they're going to get," said Debenhams spokeman Ed Watson.

  But it is not just women who put more effort into making a good impression on work colleagues at the start of week. Men too let their appearance suffer wirh each passing day, the survey of 1,000 customers by Debenhams found. They take 28 minutes on Mondays, half that on Tuesdays and 11 for the rest of the week. "It's clear that the most men can only pay attention to their appearance for a maximum of two days," said Watson. "Women try to keep their dress standards higher for longer, but by the time Friday comes, they too have gone down a line of least resistance.

 

  1) take A times as long as B : B를 하는데 A 배수만큼 시간이 든다.

  2) take up ~ : ~ 를 차지하다. 쓰다. (시간을) 잡아먹다.   cf. This is taken up too much time

  3) as good as get ~  : ~ 한 만큼   cf. I will give as good as get  받은만큼 갚아주다.