the plot thickens



the plot thickens

something has become more complicated or interesting The plot thickens as police investigate dozens of deaths at a California hospital.
See also: plot, thicken

The plot thickens.

  (humorous)
something that you say when something happens which makes a strange situation even more difficult to understand I had assumed the Irishman who keeps phoning June was her husband, but it seems her husband is American. The plot thickens.
See lose the plot
See also: plot, thicken

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Grizel-Scottish
JaneyJAY-neeEnglish
Zlatko-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Cyriaca-Late Roman
BrandeeBRAN-deeEnglish
DebraDEB-rəEnglish