- rat-race, the
- Society, or the business of living in a society, where competitiveness and ruthless competition are necessary or believed to be so.
A concise dictionary of English slang (2nd edition) . Brian Phythian. 2015.
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rat race — {n.}, {slang} A very confusing, crowded, or disorderly rush; a confusing scramble, struggle, or way of living that does not seem to have a purpose. * /The dance last night was a rat race. It was too noisy and crowded./ * /School can be a rat race … Dictionary of American idioms
rat race — {n.}, {slang} A very confusing, crowded, or disorderly rush; a confusing scramble, struggle, or way of living that does not seem to have a purpose. * /The dance last night was a rat race. It was too noisy and crowded./ * /School can be a rat race … Dictionary of American idioms
rat race — n the rat race the unpleasant situation experienced by people working in big cities, when they continuously compete for success and have a lot of ↑stress in their lives get out of/quit the rat race ▪ the story of a couple who quit the rat race … Dictionary of contemporary English
the rat race — the unpleasant life of people who have jobs that require them to work very hard in order to compete with others for money, power, status, etc. She is quitting the rat race to spend time with her family. He wants to get out of the rat race. • • • … Useful english dictionary
rat race — ˈrat race noun the rat race the unpleasant situation in business or in life in which people are always struggling to compete against each other for success: • A vacation is a chance to escape the corporate rat race for two weeks … Financial and business terms
rat race — The rat race is the ruthless, competitive struggle for success in work, etc … The small dictionary of idiomes
Rat race — A rat race is a term used for an endless, self defeating or pointless pursuit. It conjures up the image of the futile efforts of a lab rat trying to escape whilst running around a maze or in a wheel. In an analogy to the modern city, many rats in … Wikipedia
Rat Race — Der Begriff Rat Race (zu deutsch „Rattenrennen“) bezeichnet im englischen Sprachraum eine endlose, selbstzerstörende oder sinnlose Zielerstrebung. Er leitet sich vom Bild der Laborratten ab, die erfolglos versuchen, dem Laufrad oder dem Labyrinth … Deutsch Wikipedia
rat\ race — noun slang A very confusing, crowded, or disorderly rush; a confusing scramble, struggle, or way of living that does not seem to have a purpose. The dance last night was a rat race. It was too noisy and crowded. School can be a rat race if you… … Словарь американских идиом
rat race — noun (U) the rat race the unpleasant situation in business, politics etc in which people are continuously competing against each other for success: Paul went off to a Greek island to escape from the rat race … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
