state of affairs

But if I described the state of affairs as they exist on January 27 to you twelve weeks ago, you also would have thought that I was crazy and hysterical.

Paul Givan also described it as a "terrible incident" and said it's "been a very sorry state of affairs".

The best thing for the show is a sad state of affairs, which there are amazing writers that are available.

As the lights went out, opposition MPs shouted that the outage was an apt metaphor for the country’s state of affairs.

Given this state of affairs, he predicted: “If any of these mass deportations happen, it’s going to be catastrophic” for the industry.