Meaning of thick of things | Babel Free

Definitions

A central or major role in a situation; a position in which one is surrounded by or very involved in complex, changing events.

idiomatic

Examples

“Christ calls for large ideas, bold enterprise, heavy undertakings, brave adventure, and heroic plunging into the thick of things.”

“Second base is a pleasurable post for the reason that the man covering it is in the thick of things at all times.”

“During the coup he also kept his distance from the thick of things.”

CEFR level