THROUGH THICK AND THIN

Definition: THROUGH THICK AND THIN

THROUGH THICK AND THIN

1. Through all obstacles and difficulties, both great and small. Through thick and thin she followed him. --Hudibras. He became the panegyrist, through thick and thin, of a military frenzy. --Coleridge.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Completeness

Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground.

Exertion

Adverb: laboriously; Adjective: lustily; pugnis et calcibus; with might and main, with all one's might, with a strong hand, with a sledge hammer, with much ado; to the best of one's abilities, totis viribus, vi et armis, manibus pedibusque, tooth and nail, unguibus et rostro, hammer and tongs, heart and soul; through thick and thin; (perseverance) a.

Perseverance

Adverb: through evil report and good report, through thick and thin, through fire and water; per fas et nefas; without fail, sink or swim, at any price, vogue la galere.

Violence

Adverb: violently; Adjective: amain; by storm, by force, by main force; with might and main; tooth and nail, vi et armis, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; at one fell swoop; with a high hand, through thick and thin; in desperation, with a vengeance; a outrance, a toute outrance; headlong, head foremost.

Crosswords: THROUGH THICK AND THIN

Through Thick and Thin (1927)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Ethnography Through Thick and Thin (reference)

• Friends Through Thick and Thin (reference)

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Expression using "THROUGH THICK AND THIN": go through thick and thin for smb.. Additional references.

Albanian

përmes gjithfarë furtunash. (various references)

Arabic 

‏في السراء والضراء, ‏في أية حالة, ‏أيا كانت الظروف. (various references)

French

contre vents et marées, � travers toutes les épreuves. (various references)

Hebrew 

באש ובמים, בצר�" וביום טוב. (various references)

Hungarian

jóban-rosszban (through foul and fair), tűzön-vízen át (through foul and fair). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

何処迄も (anywhere, in all respects, persistently, stubbornly, thoroughly, to the utmost), 何処までも (anywhere, in all respects, persistently, stubbornly, thoroughly, to the utmost). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ど�"までも (anywhere, in all respects, persistently, stubbornly, thoroughly, to the utmost). (various references)

Pig Latin

oughthray ickthay anday inthay

Romanian

sãri în foc pentru cineva (go through thick and thin for smb.). (various references)

Spanish

en las buenas y en las malas, contra viento y marea (against all odds). (various references)

Turkish

iyi ve kötü günde (for better for worse, through fair and foul). (various references)