smack dab in the middle

smack-dab in the middle

Right in the middle or most central part (of something). There I was, smack-dab in the middle of Taiwan, with no money and no way to contact my family. You don't want the levels to get too high or too low. You need to keep it smack-dab in the middle.
See also: middle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

smack (dab) in the middle

mod. exactly in the middle. (see also slap-dab.) Not too big and not too small. Just smack in the middle.
See also: dab, middle, smack
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • smack-dab in the middle
  • smack in the middle
  • smack-bang in the middle
  • middle
  • in the middle of nowhere
  • in midstream
  • someplace
  • (just) like this/that
  • just like that
  • like that
References in periodicals archive
SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF MAYBE By Jo Watson Hackl Random House $16.99, 240 pages ISBN 9780399557385 eBook available Ages 8 to 12
starting point, as that was smack dab in the middle of the Medieval Warm Period.--Ed Hiserodt
After 30 years of happily serving this reimagined Rust Belt city, a quartet smack dab in the middle of America was snagged.
I feel like I'm just smack dab in the middle of my journey,' adding that she wants to continue using her platform to help educate people about the importance of taking care of one's mental health.
CProbably not, but for those of you who haven't got tickets yet there's still an opportunity to go and sit in Central Perk smack dab in the middle of Cardiff's Bute Park.
The property is next door to the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street A, C, & G subway station, "smack dab in the middle of the fastest growing and most diverse Downtown in America," according to Tucker Reed, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership.
One of my favorite routes takes me through Rock Creek Park--a forest smack dab in the middle of the city.
The convention center where the Fair will be held is smack dab in the middle of historic Cologne.
When she finally gets her sickness under control, she awakens one morning to find herself smack dab in the middle of a full on zombie apocalypse.
* In honor of FADER 64, our America-themed photo special, we gathered at Brooklyn's K&M Bar, smack dab in the middle of CMJ week.
I just wanted to say "Thank You" for putting out your Big Game Issue right smack dab in the middle of summer.
It's actually amazing how much resistance we have to "bringing full awareness to our current reality." After all, it's our reality, not someone else's, and we're smack dab in the middle of it.
After picking yourself up off the floor and getting your heart rate back to normal, you set about doing this favor for your "secret crush" and find yourself smack dab in the middle of two murder mysteries, a commune of some pretty radical tree-huggers and then you have to dodge bullets meant for you!