Idiom
hamster wheel
Meaning
To cycle fruitlessly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I feel like I am stuck on a hamster wheel at work.”
“He realized he was on a hamster wheel, working long hours every day but never actually finishing his projects.”
“The constant cycle of repetitive tasks left her feeling trapped on a hamster wheel, unable to make any meaningful progress toward her long-term goals.”
Examples
simple
“I feel like I am stuck on a hamster wheel at work.”
contextual
“He realized he was on a hamster wheel, working long hours every day but never actually finishing his projects.”
complex
“The constant cycle of repetitive tasks left her feeling trapped on a hamster wheel, unable to make any meaningful progress toward her long-term goals.”
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