the way things are going

idiom

: if things continue to happen like this

The way things are going, I may lose my job.

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Only 1 in 4 adults believed large businesses have a positive effect on the way things are going in the country, down from 36% just three years earlier, the poll showed. —

Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024 Three-quarters of voters in the CNN poll held negative views of the way things are going in the United States. —

Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024 The country and democracy Voters broadly express more negative than positive views about the country's direction: Just 26% are enthusiastic or satisfied with the way things are going, versus 72% dissatisfied or angry. —

Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024 There is discontent with the state of the country — roughly 7 in 10 are dissatisfied or angry about the way things are going — something that has long been the case. —

Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the way things are going

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