thick of things
Noun
Meaning
the thick of things
(idiomatic) A central or major role in a situation; a position in which one is surrounded by or very involved in complex, changing events.
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Everything officers go through in any chase anywhere in the country, but amped up 100 times! I'm right in the thick of things in a car going like 80 miles an hour, and doing 360s in the middle of the road. It was a wild ride.
Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
I never took my SAT's. I never applied to college. I moved right out here and jumped into the thick of things. Whether that was the smart move or not, I'm sitting here talking to you now, so it paid off.
Find yourself in the thick of things, however, and it requires precise timing, studious attacks, and a great deal of patience to overcome its brutally hard enemies.
McNeil was in the thick of things again as Greenock scored their fourth goal nine minutes from time.
However, the team pulled an 11-game win streak out of no where that put them right into the thick of things in the NL Central.