the rat race

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• 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

• the rat race — UK US noun [S] INFORMAL ► a way of referring to the situation in modern society in which people compete with each other for money and power: escape/get out of/quit the rat race »A total of 66% of people questioned wanted to quit the rat race …   Financial and business terms

• The Rat Race — Infobox Film name = The Rat Race caption = director = Robert Mulligan writer = Garson Kanin starring = Tony Curtis Debbie Reynolds Jack Oakie music = Elmer Bernstein producer = William Perlberg distributor = Paramount Pictures budget = released …   Wikipedia

• The Rat Race (novel) — infobox Book | name = The Rat Race title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket from the first edition author = Jay Franklin illustrator = cover artist = Jack Gaughan country = United States language = English series = genre = Science… …   Wikipedia

• The Rat Race —    Voir Les Pièges de Broadway …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

• Rat race (disambiguation) — Rat race may refer to one of the following.*Rat race, a term used for an endless, self defeating pursuit. * The Rat Race , a 1960 film directed by Robert Mulligan starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds * Rat Race (song) , a song by Bob Marley… …   Wikipedia

• 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 equilibrium — (RAT rays EE.kwuh.li.bree.um) n. A workplace balance in which an employee s willingness to work long hours for possible promotion is equal to an employer s belief that working long hours merits promotion. Example Citation: According to the… …   New words

• 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

• 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