a state of affairs

state of affairs

A current situation or set of conditions. It's been a sad state of affairs around here since our grandma got sick. I'd like to start this meeting by going over the company's financial state of affairs.
See also: affair, of, state
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a state of afˈfairs

general situation or circumstances: We know little about the present state of affairs in China.
See also: affair, of, state
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • find (oneself) with (something)
  • find oneself with
  • get off (one's) rear
  • get off one’s rear
  • get off (one's) butt
  • despair of
  • despair of (something)
References in periodicals archive
And we need not invoke a state of affairs totality, since a's being blue is metaphysically sufficient for a's being not red.
Ontologically serious genuinism
A possible world is also a set of tropes--in first approximation, the set of tropes that exist in it--and a state of affairs is a set of possible worlds.
UNIVERSALS AND PROPERTY INSTANCES: THE ALPHABET OF BEING