• coign of vantage, inside track, place of vantage, point of vantage, vantage-ground, vantage-point
• coign of vantage, place of vantage, point of vantage, stroke
• the situation has eased
• that was all there was to it
• death-trap, predicament
• the fact is, the thing is
• social status, station in life, walk of life
• let's see how the land lies