in the thick of | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)In the middle of (something difficult).1951December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, inRailway Magazine, page800:In the thick ofthe railway controversies of his day, Francis naturally had his prejudices. It seems that he cordially disliked the aristocracy in general.1991August 24, Lewis Gannett, “Gore Stories”, inGay Community News, volume19, number 6, page 8:His stories about Huey, Eleanor and Jack, and other bigwigs of various worlds, reveal a life livedin the thick oflegend.2011January 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd”, inBBC‎[1]:Rooney was fit to return to United's line-up after missing two games with an ankle injury - and he wasin the thick ofthe action right away as he raced on to Dimitar Berbatov's pass only to send a presentable finish wide from an acute angle.

Examples:

EN: We were just in the thick of the the most interesting horticultural argument.
ES: Estamos en el momento justo de la más interesante conversación sobre horticultura.
EN: You're in New York, but we're right here in the thick of it.
ES: Tú estás en Nueva York, pero nosotros estamos en medio de todo esto.
EN: You're Iike an oId war horse, you can't smeII smoke without wanting to be in the thick of the battIe.
ES: Eres peor que un soldado veterano, siempre quieres estar en el corazón de la batalla.
EN: I should think it'd be very exciting being married to a man like him... - who's always in the thick of things.
ES: Me imagino que seria muy emocionante estar casada con un hombre asi... que siempre está en la brecha.
EN: So when we were told to Stand by for emergency, You made up your mind He'd be in the thick of it.
ES: Cuando nos avisaron que estuviéramos listas para cualquier emergencia, usted tembló por él.
EN: Yes, she is in the thick of the fray I suppose
ES: Sí, estará en medio de la refriega
EN: You don't know how it was in Dublin in those days, right in the thick of it.
ES: Si supieras lo que fue pasar en Dublín aquellos días en plena lucha.
EN: You seemed to be right in the thick of things.
ES: Parecías el amo del campo.
EN: As strong as a man in the thick of battle who has his sword struck from his fist.
ES: Tan fuerte como un hombre que en medio de la batalla pierde su espada.
EN: You are a strange man, captain. You fight crazy horse. You go in the thick of Indian land..
ES: lucha contra Caballo Loco entra al territorio de los indios, no tiene miedo a nada.
EN: You were in the thick of the battle among the cannons and guns.
ES: Usted estaba en medio de la batalla entre cañones y tiros.
EN: I was right in the thick of things: directing, giving orders, training.
ES: Yo dirigí, guié y administré todo.
EN: How you tend to lose the kick of it When you are in the thick of it.
ES: Cómo sales de ahí Cuando estás metida dentro
EN: Dick's in the thick of this already.
ES: Dick está en el centro de esto ya.
EN: He died as he lived, in the thick of battle, bravely facing the enemy.
ES: Murió como había vivido, combatiendo, mirando hacia el enemigo valientemente.

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