through thick and thin
idiom
: through many difficult times over a long period
She stood by me through thick and thin.
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By a fiercely loyal base that rides with him through thick and thin.
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Jonathan J. Cooper, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
For a director who built a remarkable career around filming his own life — for better or worse, through thick and thin, commenting on it with plenty of wit and wisdom — putting together a movie like Remake still had to be the hardest thing imaginable.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The two Today hosts have been with each other through thick and thin and have been extremely close since Hager Bush began her tenure.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Aug. 2025
Such a tax would be aimed straight at the heart of companies that in the past have stuck by this city through thick and thin.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
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Jonathan J. Cooper, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
For a director who built a remarkable career around filming his own life — for better or worse, through thick and thin, commenting on it with plenty of wit and wisdom — putting together a movie like Remake still had to be the hardest thing imaginable.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The two Today hosts have been with each other through thick and thin and have been extremely close since Hager Bush began her tenure.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Aug. 2025
Such a tax would be aimed straight at the heart of companies that in the past have stuck by this city through thick and thin.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for through thick and thin
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“Through thick and thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/through%20thick%20and%20thin. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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