in the thick of it
In a precarious situation; in the trenches; up to one's elbows; knee-deep.
adj
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
The thickest salmon, the curdiest trout, the fattest partridge, and the most tender woodcock smoked on his board, and, rumor said, cooked with a delicacy that more pretentious houses could not rival.
The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].
Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
I want some planks that are two inches thick.
Heavy in build; thickset.
He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
As she twirled around in front of the mirror admiring how the dress showed off her thick booty, she felt like a princess in a children's storybook.
Densely crowded or packed.
My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
We walked through thick undergrowth.
Having a viscous consistency.
My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
adv
In a thick manner.
Snow lay thick on the ground.
Frequently or numerously.
The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
noun
The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
A thicket.
gloomy thicks
Through the thicke they heard one rudely rush.
A stupid person; a fool.
If there was doctorates in bollocksology and scratching yourself in bed, the two of you'd be professors by now. Pair of loafing, idle thicks.