Meanings
- idiomaticIn the middle of (something difficult).
His stories about Huey, Eleanor and Jack, and other bigwigs of various worlds, reveal a life lived in the thick of legend.
1991 August 24, Lewis Gannett, “Gore Stories”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 82 more examples
In the thick of the railway controversies of his day, Francis naturally had his prejudices. It seems that he cordially disliked the aristocracy in general.
1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800Rooney was fit to return to United's line-up after missing two games with an ankle injury - and he was in the thick of the action right away as he raced on to Dimitar Berbatov's pass only to send a presentable finish wide from an acute angle.
2011 January 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 0 - 0 Man Utd”, in BBC
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