to be following a routine that is both, exhaustive as well as competitive
to be in a competitive struggle to achieve the basics of life
to be competing for power or wealth in a circular manner
The man has been in a rat race all his life. No wonder he is enjoying his retired life to the fullest.
I am not going to enter this rat race. I may as well do something else.
It is a rat race at my work place. Every person there is looking either for a promotion or to change their job.
This school prepares its students for the rat race from the very beginning.
She is still so young, it is sad to see her being so caught in the rat race.
Marie has struggled for a long time to come out of the rat race for a very long time.
Her education qualification and street smart attitude never let her get caught in the rat race.
There is no origin for this idiom
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