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
Cadfan	-	Welsh
Archbold	['a:tʃbəuld]
Pratik	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
EugÊNia	-	Portuguese
Ambrus	-	Hungarian
Asier	-	Basque