in the middle of

What you say when you're in the middle of a story and realize no one's listening. > I'm sitting at the dinner table, telling my girlfriends family about how we met

breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)

> It was a three hour drive in the middle of the night, I could barely stay awake

a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line

a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked