rat race

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English

Etymology

rat +‎ race

Noun

rat race (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic, singular only) An activity or situation which is congested with participants and which is hectic or tedious, especially in the context of a busy, modern urban lifestyle.
   • 2006, Richard Corliss, "Get Your Motor Running," Time, 14 May:

     . . . a 1950s-ish town, keeping a sense of community far from the superhighway rat race.

2. (by extension) The busy, modern urban lifestyle itself.
3. (politics, business, finance etc) Inconsiderate and/or unfair competition, where the competitors are willing to do just about anything to win.

Translations

activity which is hectic, tedious, and congested with participants

• French: course folle f
• German: Rattenrennen (de) n
• Hungarian: hajsza (hu), pozícióharc (hu)
• Italian: corsa sfrenata f, corsa al successo f, competizione sfrenata f
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• Norwegian: rotterace, rotteres
• Polish: wyścig szczurów m
• Serbo-Croatian: trčanje u kotaču

Anagrams

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