in the midst of (something)

1. in the middle of or surrounded by something.

He criticized the plan to build homes in the midst of a desert.

I was sitting in the midst of a classroom with little kids, listening to a children's story.

2. experiencing something.

We are in the midst of the worst recession in ten years.

The company has been in the midst of a major reorganization.

• come down off your high horse
• come down on
• come down on like a ton of bricks
• come down on someone
• come down on someone like a ton of bricks
• come down on something
• come down on the side of
• come down on the side of someone
• come down on the side of something
• come down the pike
• come down to
• come down to earth
• come down to earth with a bang
• That's all you need!
• That's a new one on me!
• that's another story
• that's it
• That's just not cricket!
• that's life
• That's more like it.
• That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
• that's news to
• That's news to me.
• that's news to you
• That's not cricket!