through thick and thin

1. To stay with someone or something “through thick and thin” is to persevere through good times as well as bad: “She stood beside her friend through thick and thin.”

Idioms and Phrases

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

Before he signed off, he addressed his audience one last time: “Thanks for all the support through thick and thin. I will play a few more games, try to get that rating back up, and we’ll take it from there. Thanks, everybody. Be well, be healthy, be safe.”

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“My heart is hurting right now, because that was my brother. We’ve been through thick and thin together... I can’t wait for his family to see this — let him know that we had his back.”

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Over the years, a friendship formed between the singer and Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis, with Strummer attending the festival "through thick and thin".

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Obviously that was a childish delusion, but Trump has clung to it through thick and thin, even fantasizing that they had a special bond.

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“Mom has been there my entire life. She’s always been there through thick and thin,” Woods said last year in accepting the USGA’s Bob Jones Award.

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Related Words

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• resolutely 
• staunchly 
• steadfastly 
• strictly 
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• tenaciously