a rat race

an unpleasant way in which people compete against each other at work in order to succeed I'd love to get out of the rat race and buy a house in some remote part of the countryside.

See smell a rat

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Duff	DUF	Scottish
Aramis	-	Literature
Jonas (2)	YO-nahs (German), JO-nəs (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Biblical
Gu&Eth;RÍ&Eth;R	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Chander	-	Indian, Hindi
Georgiana	jor-JYAH-nə, jor-JAY-nə	English