state of affairs

created by Zarah
(idea) by Zarah (3 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Sun Apr 29 2001 at 17:49:45

The way things are, the status quo. Normally used in a more formal sense ( "The nation's state of affairs"). I usually hear the phrase in times of crisis: "That's a sad state of affairs."

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