Idiom
thick of things
Meaning
A central or major role in a situation; a position in which one is surrounded by or very involved in complex, changing events.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I like being in the thick of things at work.”
“She moved to the city to be in the thick of things during the festival.”
“By choosing to lead the project, he placed himself in the thick of things just as the crisis began to unfold.”
Examples
simple
“I like being in the thick of things at work.”
contextual
“She moved to the city to be in the thick of things during the festival.”
complex
“By choosing to lead the project, he placed himself in the thick of things just as the crisis began to unfold.”
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