(to be) stuck in a rut verb phrase
To be trapped in a situation that never changes or remain in the same boring lifestyle for a very long time
I'm stuck in a rut. I need to find a new job as soon as possible!
You are stuck in a rut staying at home for too long. You need to go outside to get yourself together!
To remain in a unpleasant or negative situation because one doesn't want to change
Isolated, lonely, or abandoned
The verb "be" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase came from the early 1800s which referred to wagons that got stuck in a worn groove in a path making it hard to get out and move along in the journey.
To be very wet
Because of forgetting bringing an umbrella, I look like a drowned rat when it rains.