VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

In a Rut

Meaning:

Confined by routine, bored and seeking new experiences

Examples:

  • Okay, fine, we're in a rut.
  • This is exactly why you're in a rut, Otis.
  • Priests and rulers became fixed in a rut of ceremonialism.
  • Look, Emily, we are not in a rut, okay?
  • Being a territory has Puerto Rico's economy in a rut.
  • You're in a rut with the tuna, by the way.
  • I never said you were in a rut.
  • I'm just saying, maybe we're both in a rut right now.
  • Now she thinks we're in a rut.
  • Paula made me see that I have been in a rut.