The rat race !!!

Fiona: Every day, it's the same old thing.


Joey: What do you mean ?


Fiona: Take the bus, go to work, punch in, punch out. What's the point ?


Joey : Well, you know, make money, do a good job. That sort of thing.


Fiona: Well, I'm just not interested in the rat race.


Joey: What would you rather be doing ?


Fiona: I'd like to be making movies.


Joey: Fiona, you hardly ever watch movies. And when you do, you don't pay attention.


Fiona: Well, if I made a movie, I would pay attention to it !


Explanation :

The rat race - a way of life in modern society, characterized by people competing with each



other for power and money

Example : He decided to get out of the rat race, and went to work on a farm.