the way things are

the way things are (going)

also the way things stand

as the situation is now The way things are going, soon most people will be working at home. The way things stand, I don't think we'll be able to leave for vacation until Monday.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alcide	-	Italian
Hirshel	-	Yiddish
Linda	LIN-də (English), LIN-dah (German), LEEN-dah (Italian, Finnish)	English, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Hu
Ani	-	Bulgarian, Georgian, Romanian, Spanish
Domitius	-	Ancient Roman
Chayim	-	Hebrew