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| Window Shopping |
Meaning:
Origin:
This activity has been around since the rise of the middle
class in Europe in the 1800s, around the same time when windows were put into
storefronts. Originally for extra storage, without caring about how it looked.
However, since the shops were small and could only have a limited number of
customers, a line of people start gathering outside these shops. This made a display
in the window more important than storage, especially with people waiting to
get inside. As years have passed, window displays have changed, and have
adapted to the times. What originally started as a small display of goods in
the 1800s has adapted to the use of electricity, lights and now even technology
to make even more eccentric displays, that interact with the customers. All this
to make extra storage space into a selling point.
The biggest and best displays to entice shoppers into their
stores usually happen at Christmas. A writer from the New York Daily News
reads.
Two Black bears were caught on video exploring an outdoor Tennessee mall. Perhaps searching for food but also doing some window shopping and enjoying the holiday décor.
Example:
Today, we still use it the same way to express that we are not planning on buying anything. But instead, just look around an example sentence is.
When the summer days get too hot. We enter the air-conditioned mall and spend the next 20 minutes window shopping.
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