单词 | through thick and thin |
释义 | Idioms and Phrases with through thick and thinthrough 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] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. through thick and thinSEE SYNONYMS FOR through thick and thin ON THESAURUS.COM 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 thinthrough 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 The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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