through thick and thin

Cultural  

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.”

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through thick and thin Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

Employment there tends to grow through thick and thin, in part because of the growing needs of an aging population.

From The Wall Street Journal

“China has always stood in solidarity through thick and thin with the Global South, including Latin America and the Caribbean,” said the 6,700-word policy paper, China’s first on the region in almost a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Supporting them and letting them know that I will be there for them through thick and thin is very, very important, and Ben Duckett knows that."

From BBC

“They’ve stuck with the Venezuelan market through thick and thin, and endured a lot of adverse conditions, a lot of headwinds,” said Clay Seigel, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said: "Some way or another we kind of stuck together through thick and thin, through the highs and the lows."

From BBC

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