state of affairs

English

Noun

state of affairs (plural states of affairs)

(idiomatic) A specific situation; a set of circumstances.
His uncooperative attitude creates a difficult state of affairs for all of us.

Translations

specific situation

Bashkir: хәл (xäl)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 事態 (zh), 事态 (zh) (shìtài), 情況 (zh), 情况 (zh) (qíngkuàng), 狀態 (zh), 状态 (zh) (zhuàngtài)
Dutch: stand van zaken m, situatie (nl) f, toestand (nl) m
Esperanto: aferstato, stato de aferoj
Finnish: asiaintila (fi), asianlaita (fi)
French: état de choses (fr) m, situation (fr) f
Georgian: საქმეთა მდგომარეობა (sakmeta mdgomareoba)

German: Sachlage (de) f, Lage (de) f, Zustand (de) m
Japanese: 事態 (ja) (じたい, jitai), 事体 (じたい, jitai)
Russian: положе́ние дел n (položénije del), состоя́ние дел n (sostojánije del), положе́ние (ru) n (položénije), состоя́ние (ru) n (sostojánije)
Scottish Gaelic: suidheachadh m
Slovene: okoliščina (sl)
Turkish: gidişat (tr)
Vietnamese: tình hình (vi)

References

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