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

Recent Examples on the Web And the way things are going on that front, the Emmys would have to add another category to keep up: horror. —

Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024 And South Carolina Republican primary voters are also dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country overall and rate the nation's economy negatively, according to early exit polls. —

Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024 And seven in 10 are unhappy with the way things are going in the country. —

Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024 All in all, the way things are going, the Rockets likely won’t even have to try to continue losing. —

Rahat Huq, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the way things are going

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