thick of things | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Acentralormajorrolein a situation; a position in which one issurroundedby or veryinvolvedin complex, changing events.1888, Joseph Augustus Seiss,Lectures on the Gospels, vol. 2, Lutheran Bookstore (Philadelphia),p. 767:Christ calls for large ideas, bold enterprise, heavy undertakings, brave adventure, and heroic plunging into thethick of things.1935July 3, Charley Gehringer, “Second Base is Toughest Position to Play”, inPittsburgh Press, page13:Second base is a pleasurable post for the reason that the man covering it is in thethick of thingsat all times.2004December 15, “VP Race Is On”, inFiji Times, Australia:During the coup he also kept his distance from thethick of things.

Examples:

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: You seemed to be right in the thick of things.
ES: Parecías el amo del campo.
EN: Who's gonna climb up on our wheezy old charger and lead us into the thick of things?
ES: ¿Quién va a subir en nuestra vieja montura para llevarnos al corazón de las cosas?
EN: I was right in the thick of things: directing, giving orders, training.
ES: Yo dirigí, guié y administré todo.
EN: But let me go into the thick of things.
ES: Sólo que, déjeme ir a la operación más importante.
EN: - ...to the thick of things.
ES: - ... a la más importante.
EN: I thought you loved plunging into the thick of things... trusting your instincts, living by your wits... the true detective poised at the edge of danger.
ES: Te encanta estar en la acción... confiar en tus instintos, vivir de tu ingenio... el investigador verdadero al borde del peligro.
EN: You sure you won't miss being in the thick of things?
ES: ¿No echaras de menos el ambiente que te rodeaba?
EN: With all those stars and those crickets singing, we are in the thick of things.
ES: Con esas estrellas parpadeando. Y esos grillos cantando. Estamos rodeados de ambiente.
EN: Right into the thick of things.
ES: Manos a la obra.
EN: Curzon always thought you were the kind of man who had to be in the thick of things, not behind some desk at Headquarters.
ES: Recuerdo tener que frenar tu entusiasmo en más de una ocasión. Entonces también deberías recordar Io orgulloso que estaba de mi trabajo.
EN: I'm working on a trade deal that should put me right back in the thick of things.
ES: Estoy trabajando en un trato que me pondrá en la cresta de la ola.
EN: Still, I don't like you being in the thick of things knowing you won't fight.
ES: Aun así, no me gusta que estés en medio de un lío sabiendo que no peleas.
EN: Well, aren't you in the thick of things?
ES: Veo que estás en medio de la acción.
EN: Ah, Tigger's right in the thick of things, as always.
ES: Tigger tiene mucho que ver con esta historia.

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