squirrel cage

Noun

1.

squirrel cage - cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it

beat, beaten path, broken record, bureaucracy, bureaucratism, chinoiserie, daily grind, grind, groove, humdrum, invariability, irk, irksomeness, jog trot, monotony, red tape, red-tapeism, round, routine, run, rut, sameliness, sameness, tedium, the beaten track, the daily round, the round, the squirrel cage, the treadmill, the weary round, track, treadmill, undeviation, unvariation, wearisome sameness, well-worn groove