thick and thin
11
3.7
- idiom
- Informal
:
en las buenas y en las malas
- You should stick by your friends through thick and thin!
Instead, love is a commitment to stick with someone through thick and thin, through the good and the ugly.
- Instead, love is a commitment to stick with someone through thick and thin, through the good and the ugly.
- You owe loyalty to your best friend who's been through thick and thin with you.
- It doesn't mean that you have to be the richest man in the world, but you have to know that no matter what, through thick and thin, that your woman will be supported.
- What I mean by that is this being through them through thick and thin is, for example, let's say he loses his job, he falls on hard times.
- But yeah, she stuck with me through thick and thin and I I gave her a lot of grief before it was over.
- So you go through thick and thin together and it can be very thin. The thin times can be very thin, but
Examples
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I saw them stand by each other through thick and thin.
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There are very good realtors in Miami who have been with the market through thick and thin.
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To stay together through thick and thin # #
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Your husband should have your back all the time, through thick and thin.
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Instead, love is a commitment to stick with someone through thick and thin, through the good and the ugly.
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Their friendship, which started over Thanksgiving years ago, has continued through thick and thin.
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Most importantly, surround yourself with people who will love you and support you through thick and thin.
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Friends love you, and true friends stick with you through thick and thin.
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Yeah, he's he's been there through thick and thin as well, through the hard times and the good times.
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You should stick by your friends through thick and thin!
Synonyms
11
3.3
In all situations, both good and bad, people stay loyal and support each other
Antonyms
How Loyal
- Informal
11
3.7
30
5.6
505
1.0
348
2.8
- Informal
2
5.6
39
6.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'through thick and thin' is a conventionalized idiom whose meaning 'support in all circumstances' cannot be directly derived from the literal senses of 'thick' and 'thin'. While the pairing of opposites may hint at enduring extremes, the specific sense of loyalty through good and bad is idiomatic and unpredictable for a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Thick and thin may come from a simple picture: imagine walking with a friend along a path that is sometimes thick and hard to move through and sometimes thin and easy to pass. So someone who stays with you in both the hard and easy parts is loyal, which is why the phrase means 'to stay with someone through all difficulties and situations'.