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
Matthias	mah-TEE-ahs (German), mə-THIE-əs (English)	Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Huub	HUYP	Dutch
Saveli	-	Russian
Lahja	LAHH-yah	Finnish
MÌCheal	-	Scottish
Baldie	['bɔ:ldi]