the fast lane

the slow lane

If you say that someone lives their life in the fast lane, you mean that they live in a way which seems full of activity and excitement but which often involves a lot of pressure as well.

Tired of life in the fast lane, Jack, a fifty-ish American businessman, decides to give it all up to fulfil dream of becoming a painter.

Offscreen, Cooper moved quickly into the fast lane of Hollywood society, keeping company with rapid actresses Clara Bow and Lupe Velez.

You can also use fast lane before a noun.

He had to quit, and not only did he have to quit, but he had to get away from this fast-lane, high-society lifestyle.

You can say that someone lives their life in the slow lane when their life is quiet and boring without any exciting incidents.

For your own sake, pull over and enjoy traveling in the slow lane of life for a while.

At the age of 31, with four injury-plagued seasons behind Gullit, rather than moving over into the slow lane, has been having fun proving his critics wrong.