right in the middle (of it), right in the thick of things
Und plötzlich war er mittendrin.
And suddenly, he was right in the middle of it.
— Der Postmann (1994)
Meine Frau steckt da auch irgendwo mittendrin.
My wife is also somewhere in the middle of it.
— Das süße Leben (1960)
Sehr gut, da sind wir schon mittendrin.
Very good, we're already right in the middle of it.
— Er ist wieder da (2015)
Man ist immer plötzlich mittendrin in dem, was passiert.
You're always suddenly right in the middle of what's happening.
— Inception (2010)
Tom war mittendrin.
Tom was right in the middle of it.
Du kannst doch nicht mittendrin aufhören, mein Freund.
You can't just stop in the middle, my friend.
— Die Taschendiebin (2016)
And we're right in the middle of it.
— Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch (2005)