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
Everard	-	English (Rare)
SiÔR	SHOR	Welsh
Joscelin	-	Old Norman
Sinclair	['siŋklɛə]
Adelaide	AD-ə-layd (English), ah-de-LIE-de (Italian), ə-də-LIED (Portuguese)	English, Italian, Portuguese
Kaimana	-	Hawaiian