be in a rut

be (stuck) in a rut

to do the same things all the time so that you become bored, or to be in a situation where it is impossible to make progress At forty my life was in a rut, so I gave up work and travelled to India. It's clear the economy is still stuck in a rut.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jozefa	YO-ze-faw (Hungarian)	Hungarian, Slovene
Bamidele	-	Western African, Yoruba
Paulina	pow-LEE-nah (Spanish, Polish), paw-LEEN-ə (English)	Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Swedish, Lithuanian, English, Ancient Roman
Compton	['kɔmptən]
Asche	[æʃ]
Eileen	['aili:n]