英えい国こく病びょう

noun

British disease

Historical term referring to the economic stagnation, labor disputes, and industrial decline that plagued the United Kingdom in the 1970s.

• 1970年ねん代だいの英えい国こく病びょうは、頻ひん繁ぱんなストライキと低ひくい生せい産さん性せいが特とく徴ちょうだった。

  The British disease of the 1970s was characterized by frequent strikes and low productivity.