the rat race

剑桥词典

a way of life in modern society , in which people compete with each other for power and money
（現代社會人們爲權利和金錢進行的）你死我活的競爭，激烈競爭，永無休止的競爭
He decided to get out of the rat race , and went to work on a farm . 他決定逃離這你死我活的競爭，到辳場去工作。 返回 the rat race