the way things are going
idiom
: if things continue to happen like this
The way things are going, I may lose my job.
Examples of the way things are going in a Sentence
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There are signs that investors aren’t happy about the way things are going.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
This year’s speechwriters had to balance the president’s desire to point out his administration’s successes with voters’ negative sentiment about the way things are going.
—Mary Kate Cary, The Conversation, 8 Feb. 2023
Gallup polls in May found that 39% of Americans approve of the job Biden is doing and 18% are satisfied with the way things are going in the country.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 15 June 2023
Last November, a Pew Research Center survey found that 72 percent of Democrats polled said that colleges and universities have a positive effect on the way things are going in this country, while only a third of Republicans did.
—Susan Svrluga, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2023
Similarly, Gallup found that the 22% of Americans who are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. represents one of the lowest levels the firm has ever seen.
—Mary Kate Cary, The Conversation, 8 Feb. 2023
But that doesn’t mean that this is a fait accompli that this is the way things are going to be.
—Joseph R. Biden, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2018
Of course, with the way things are going, that could happen.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2022
In short, a large and growing pool of voters is unhappy with the way things are going in Wisconsin.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2022
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Brent Lang, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
This year’s speechwriters had to balance the president’s desire to point out his administration’s successes with voters’ negative sentiment about the way things are going.
—Mary Kate Cary, The Conversation, 8 Feb. 2023
Gallup polls in May found that 39% of Americans approve of the job Biden is doing and 18% are satisfied with the way things are going in the country.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 15 June 2023
Last November, a Pew Research Center survey found that 72 percent of Democrats polled said that colleges and universities have a positive effect on the way things are going in this country, while only a third of Republicans did.
—Susan Svrluga, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2023
Similarly, Gallup found that the 22% of Americans who are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. represents one of the lowest levels the firm has ever seen.
—Mary Kate Cary, The Conversation, 8 Feb. 2023
But that doesn’t mean that this is a fait accompli that this is the way things are going to be.
—Joseph R. Biden, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2018
Of course, with the way things are going, that could happen.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2022
In short, a large and growing pool of voters is unhappy with the way things are going in Wisconsin.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2022
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