- shopping therapy
- This term refers to the idea that buying things can make you feel better.
A little shopping therapy can usually cheer up bored teenagers.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
shopping therapy
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retail therapy — N UNCOUNT Retail therapy is the activity of shopping for clothes and other things in order to make yourself feel happier. [HUMOROUS] There s nothing better than a bit of retail therapy … English dictionary
