daily grind
The difficult, routine, or monotonous tasks of daily workThe difficult, routine, or monotonous tasks of daily work.
» Are you tired of the daily grind?
danepo · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic, informal)The difficult, routine, or monotonous tasks of daily work.
As soon as he has the money to retire, he plans to leave the daily grind and travel more.
Examples
5 sentencesAre you tired of the daily grind?
How can I escape the daily grind?
The daily grind is becoming too much for me.
You need to take a step back from the daily grind.
We travel to get a change of perspective, to get our heads out of the daily grind.
Forms
plural: daily grinds| Singular | daily grind |
|---|---|
| Plural | daily grinds |
regular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.