rain or shine

American  

adverb

1. regardless of the weather or circumstances; in any event.

   The concert will be held, rain or shine. He's always a reliable friend, rain or shine.

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rain or shine Idioms  

1. No matter what the circumstances, as in We promised we would finish the project tomorrow, rain or shine. This term, first recorded in 1905, still refers to weather, as well as other uncertainty, and always implies that an activity will be carried out, no matter what. For a synonym, see hell or high water.

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Example Sentences

At Saw Whet School, one of the philosophies was that students should go outside rain or shine or snow.

From Literature

Mr. Grayson knew that Bat didn’t like to get wet, so even though the Saw Whet school philosophy said that students should go outside rain or shine or snow, he asked Bat, “Would you like to spend recess helping me clean Babycakes’s enclosure?”

From Literature

Every day, come rain or shine, Amelka leaves her mum's house at about 07:00 to walk the 25-minute journey to the train station.

From BBC

"I swam here every day for years on end, rain or shine. And this week… I couldn't get in the water. It didn't feel right. It felt sacrilegious in some way," Dr Zac Seidler, a local clinical psychologist and mental health advocate, told the BBC.

From BBC

For example, “That was how lonely Americans were,” she observes, “that they should not only feed their dogs but walk them every day, rain or shine.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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• assuredly
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• clearly
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• undoubtedly
• unquestionably