rat race
жизнь, как бесконечная гонка и отчаянная борьба за успех; "крысиные бега"
Working and living in a big city is too much of a rat race that's why Sandra is not satisfied with her life in New-York.
Другие идиомы:
- as poor as a church mouse
- have bats in one's belfry
- rat out on (someone)
- like a bat out of hell
- smell a rat
- best-laid plans of mice and men
- when the cat's away, the mice will play
- as quiet as a mouse
- rat on (someone)
- as blind as a bat
- play cat and mouse with (someone)
- ahead of the pack
- alley cat
- as awkward as a cow on roller skates
- as busy as a beaver