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单词 through thick and thin
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through thick and thin

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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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.”

Words nearby through thick and thin

through street, through-the-lens meter, Through the Looking-Glass, through the mill, through the motions, through thick and thin, throughway, throve, throw, throw about, throw a curve
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