métro, boulot, dodo

Etymology
lit. 'metro, work, sleep'. Abbreviated from the last line of a 1951 poem by, collected in Couleurs d’usine (Factory colors):
 * Au déboulé garçon pointe ton numéro
 * Pour gagner ainsi le salaire
 * D’un morne jour utilitaire
 * Métro, boulot, bistro, mégots, dodo, zéro

Literal translation:
 * Rush in boy punch your number
 * Thus to earn the salary
 * Of a dreary utilitarian day
 * Metro, work, bistro, cigs, sleep, zero

Usage notes

 * The expression and the poem from which it is drawn are generally taken as critiques of the monotony of workaday life.