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∙ 13y agoAn Americanism from the 1930's referring to the continual routine of competative activity
The origin of the idiom "against the clock" is believed to come from the world of sports, particularly track and field events. Athletes are often timed with a clock during races and competitions, and the phrase was likely first used to describe a situation where a competitor is racing against time to finish before a specific deadline or time limit. It has since been adopted more generally to refer to any situation where someone is working urgently to complete a task within a specified timeframe.
More than likely, this idiom comes from archery and shooting. Being good with guns and projectile weapons is referred to as having "good marksmanship." So it means you hit what you aim to hit. So as an idiom, if you say something exactly as intended and your audience understands it the way you meant it, and you strike something your audience believes to be true, then you hit your mark.
A rat is spelled 'un rat' (masc.) in French.
"Was it a rat I saw? is a palindrome.
An Americanism from the 1930's referring to the continual routine of competative activity
what is origin of the idioum race against the clock
'A rat race' means following others without using own mind or personal ideas. This is an idiom based on chasing the trend that some one else has set but is not suitable for all. As we can see that rats don't use their minds when move in groups. It is the leader but not every individual that uses the mind. That's why this situation is known as rat race. Like most of people are dying to study abroad just because some others are successful. This blind chase is rat race.
The idiom "rat race" is used to mean a pointless activity that some person (or rodent) is being forced to do. It is based on the use of rats as lab animals, which often involves running them through mazes or other such exercises which might broadly be called rat racing. It serves no actual purpose for the rat, only for the researcher (and in many cases one can argue that there is also no purpose being served for the researcher either, if the research in question is poorly conceived). Many employees often feel that they are in a comparable situation, being made to do meaningless things by their employer. For some people, life seems to be just a rat race.
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The duration of The Rat Race is 1.75 hours.
Rat Race was released on 08/17/2001.
Radar Rat Race was created in 1981.
The Rat Race - novel - was created in 1950.
Rat Race - song - was created in 1976.
The Production Budget for Rat Race was $48,000,000.
Radar Rat Race happened in 1981.