Torschlusspanik

German: Torschlusspanik (noun) Tor-schlus-panic (phonetic text, GL); last minute panic, literally tor = gate, schluss = closing, panik = panic in German.

Example:

Tor-schlus-panic is a sudden feeling of “last minute panic”. You may experience a feeling of tor-schlus-panic if you get to the train station a little bit late and see your train’s door still open but about to close. In reality, tor-schlus-panic evokes something more abstract, referring to the feeling that life is progressively shutting the door of opportunities as time goes by.

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