Jet lag is the dazed tiredness after flying across many time zones. Bad jet lag, suffering from jet lag, get over the jet lag.
The body clock shifts about an hour a day, so six zones take roughly six days to settle. Flying east is worse than flying west, because it is harder to go to bed early than to stay up late. Morning daylight at the destination is the most useful fix.
1phrasejet lagThe tiredness after flying across time zones.
“After flying from London to Tokyo, I had terrible jet lag and woke in the middle of every night.”
jet lag is a tiredness.
Coined in the 1960s, jet plus lag — the body lagging behind the speed of the aircraft.
Possibly coined by Horace Sutton in 1966.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Travel & Transport, Airport & Flying