Thick Of Things Meaning

Example : 1888, Joseph Augustus Seiss, Lectures on the Gospels, vol. 2, Lutheran Bookstore (Philadelphia), p. 767:  Christ calls for large ideas, bold enterprise, heavy undertakings, brave adventure, and heroic plunging into the thick of things.1935, Charley Gehringer, "Second Base is Toughest Position to Play," Pittsburgh Press, 3 July, p. 13:  Second base is a pleasurable post for the reason that the man covering it is in the thick of things at all times.2004, "VP Race Is On," Fiji Times (Australia), 15 Dec.:  During the coup he also kept his distance from the thick of things.