in the middle of
Preposition
Meaning
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, middle, of.
(often followed by the -ing form of a verb) Engaged in, but not finished with, often with something unpleasant.
I found him in the middle of a custody battle with his first wife.
He is still in the middle of a complex installation.
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Examples
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.
America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.
Do not change horses in the middle of the river.
He who wants milk should not sit in the middle of a field and wait for a cow to back up to him.
Setting the conditions before you make an agreement is better than having an argument in the middle of the work.