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through thick and thin
- To stay with someone or something 鈥渢hrough thick and thin鈥 is to persevere through good times as well as bad: 鈥淪he stood beside her friend through thick and thin.鈥
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Despite all obstacles or adversities, as in She promised to stand by him through thick and thin . This term alludes to penetrating a forest with both thick and sparse undergrowth. Today it is nearly always used with the idea of supporting something or someone in all circumstances, as in the example. [Late 1300s]Example Sentences
鈥淢om has been there my entire life. She鈥檚 always been there through thick and thin,鈥 Woods said last year in accepting the USGA鈥檚 Bob Jones Award.
"The two of us have proved that we genuinely love each other through thick and thin for more than 20 years," Chakkrit says."We have been ready to take care of each other since our first day together. We are no different from heterosexual couples."
鈥淭hrough thick and thin we have continually found our way back to each other and have chosen one another. Cheers to us, I love you.鈥
Actress Helen Worth has stuck with the character through thick and thin since 1974, and fans have seen Gail weather many domestic dramas, romances, bust-ups and even prison.
鈥淣o one has to deal with more than what the quarterback does. Being close to him, seeing him on and off the field, I鈥檓 really proud of him and how he holds himself. He鈥檚 a real good leader, through thick and thin.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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