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
KÁLmÁN	-	Hungarian
BenjamÍN	ben-khah-MEEN (Spanish)	Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Icelandic
Mellony	-	English (Rare)
Annalise	-	English (Modern)
NÚRia	-	Catalan, Portuguese
Shila	-	Indian, Marathi