(stuck) in a rut

Seemingly trapped or stuck in a mundane, non-changing pattern of life, work, or personal behavior. I had so many ambitions when I first graduated from college, but now I feel like I'm in a rut. We're stuck in a rut—let's move abroad for the summer and shake things up!

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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*in a rut

Fig. in a type of boring habitual behavior. (As when the wheels of a buggy travel in the ruts worn into the ground by other buggies making it easiest to go exactly the way all the other buggies have gone before. *Typically: be ~; get ~.) My life has gotten into a rut. I try not to get into a rut.

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(stuck) in a rut

Fig. kept in an established way of living or working that never changes. David felt like he was stuck in a rut, so he went back to school. Anne was tired of being in a rut, so she moved to Los Angeles.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

in a rut

In a settled or established habit or course of action, especially a boring one. For example, We go to the seashore every summer-we're in a rut, or After ten years at the same job she says she's in a rut. This expression alludes to having a wheel stuck in a groove in the road. [Early 1800s]

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

in a rut

following a fixed (especially tedious or dreary) pattern of behaviour that is difficult to change.

The rut in this expression is the deep groove worn by a wheel travelling many times along the same track.

1995 Nick Hornby High Fidelity I should have spotted that we were in a rut, that I had allowed things to fester to such an extent that she was on the lookout for someone else.

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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

in a ˈrut

in a fixed, rather boring way of doing things: I suddenly realized one day that I’d been in a rut for years: same job, same flat, same friends, ...

A rut is a deep track that a wheel makes in soft ground and which causes wheels to get stuck.

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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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词组	(stuck) in a rut
释义	(stuck) in a rut (stuck) in a rut Seemingly trapped or stuck in a mundane, non-changing pattern of life, work, or personal behavior. I had so many ambitions when I first graduated from college, but now I feel like I'm in a rut. We're stuck in a rut—let's move abroad for the summer and shake things up! See also: rut Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. in a rut Fig.* in a type of boring habitual behavior. (As when the wheels of a buggy travel in the ruts worn into the ground by other buggies making it easiest to go exactly the way all the other buggies have gone before. Typically: be ~; get ~.) My life has gotten into a rut. I try not to get into a rut. See also: rut (stuck) in a rut Fig.* kept in an established way of living or working that never changes. David felt like he was stuck in a rut, so he went back to school. Anne was tired of being in a rut, so she moved to Los Angeles. See also: rut McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. in a rut In a settled or established habit or course of action, especially a boring one. For example, We go to the seashore every summer-we're in a rut, or After ten years at the same job she says she's in a rut. This expression alludes to having a wheel stuck in a groove in the road. [Early 1800s] See also: rut The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. in a rut following a fixed (especially tedious or dreary) pattern of behaviour that is difficult to change. The rut in this expression is the deep groove worn by a wheel travelling many times along the same track. 1995 Nick Hornby High Fidelity I should have spotted that we were in a rut, that I had allowed things to fester to such an extent that she was on the lookout for someone else. See also: rut Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary in a ˈrut in a fixed, rather boring way of doing things: I suddenly realized one day that I’d been in a rut for years: same job, same flat, same friends, ... A rut is a deep track that a wheel makes in soft ground and which causes wheels to get stuck. See also: rut Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: in a rut rut be (stuck) in a rut get in(to) a rut come out to (someone) said the actress to the pope pope as the actress said to the pope horror of horrors dirty-minded
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