Preposition
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.
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down. Aneurin Bevan
America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people. Gloria Steinem
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. Saul Bellow
Do not change horses in the middle of the river. Native American Proverb
He who wants milk should not sit in the middle of a field and wait for a cow to back up to him. Italian Proverb
Setting the conditions before you make an agreement is better than having an argument in the middle of the work. Yemeni Proverb