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through thick and thin

through thick and thin adverb: through all (especially grim, rough and difficult) conditions; in all weathers.

Adverb

through thick and thin

  1. (idiomatic) Through all (especially grim, rough and difficult) conditions; in all weathers.
    • Mr. Trump’s followers have supported him through thick and thin, and political reaction so far has been dividing more along partisan than ideological lines.2025 June 22, Luke Broadwater, “Trump Picks a Side on Entering the War in Iran, for Now”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

through thick and thin meaning in Tamil and Kannada

through thick and thin in Tamil

நல்ல காலத்திலும் சிரமமான காலத்திலும், மழையோ வெயிலோ, எப்போதும் விசுவாசமாக இருத்தல்

through thick and thin in Kannada

ಸುಖದುಃಖಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ, ನೋವು ನಲಿವಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೂ, ಎಂಥ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲೂ

Origin of through thick and thin

From thick and thin, meaning: “thick (dense) and thin woodland; all obstacles in a path”.

Questions about through thick and thin

What does through thick and thin mean?
Through thick and thin means through all (especially grim, rough and difficult) conditions; in all weathers.
What is through thick and thin in Tamil?
Through thick and thin in Tamil is நல்ல காலத்திலும் சிரமமான காலத்திலும், மழையோ வெயிலோ, எப்போதும் விசுவாசமாக இருத்தல். See Through thick and thin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is through thick and thin?
Through thick and thin is an adverb.

Words near through thick and thin in the dictionary

  1. through the mill
  2. through the roof
  3. through the sunroof
  4. through the wazoo
  5. through the wrong end of the telescope
  6. through thick and thin
  7. through ticketing
  8. through traffic
  9. through train
  10. through trains
  11. through valley

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Adapted from Wiktionary: through thick and thin (page history and authors); through thick and thin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); through thick and thin (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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