Related Clues:

• In ___ (stuck in the same old same old)
• Trapped, after 'in'
• In -- (stagnant)
• In __ (stuck)
• Partner of ands and buts
• Mired, after "in"
• In ___ (stuck in the same routine)
• In __ (bored)
• In -- (going nowhere)
• In ___ (stuck in one place)
• Stuck, after "in"
• In ___ (mired in routine)
• In -- (routine-bound)
• In __: up the creek
• In __ (up the creek)