the rat race
noun[S]
uk/ˈræt ˌreɪs/us/ˈræt ˌreɪs/a way oflifeinmodernsociety, in whichpeoplecompetewith each other forpowerandmoney:
(现代社会人们为权利和金钱进行的)你死我活的竞争,激烈竞争,永无休止的竞争Hedecidedto get out of theratrace, and went toworkon afarm.他决定逃离这你死我活的竞争,到农场去工作。
Competing and contending (non-sporting)
- be one up onsomeoneidiom
- bid
- cat
- catchup
- chancer
- close-run
- competition
- contest
- dare
- go in forsomething
- go toe to toeidiom
- hyper-competitive
- in the gameidiom
- intercollegiate
- runners and ridersidiom
- showing
- slugfest
- snap atsomeone'sheelsidiom
- super-competitive
- toe