Synonyms: size, size of it
Definition: the actual state of affairs
Usage: that's the size of the situation; she hates me, that's about the size of it
Similar words: situation, state of affairs
Definition: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
Usage: the present international situation is dangerous; wondered how such a state of affairs had come about; eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation- Franklin D.Roosevelt