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 Wim’s side through thick and thin is his best friend, Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), a blue elephant boy with a stubby trunk, wispy hair that looks like raspberry cotton candy, and ears that droop down over his shoulders.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Thank you for being by my side through thick and thin.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
Featured in this article Outside of family, our besties are some of the longest-standing relationships in our lives, and who deserves a present more than someone who’s been by your side through thick and thin?
—Malia Griggs, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
Sadie the Labrador retriever had been with Sophie Linnea through thick and thin.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Thank you for being by my side through thick and thin.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
Featured in this article Outside of family, our besties are some of the longest-standing relationships in our lives, and who deserves a present more than someone who’s been by your side through thick and thin?
—Malia Griggs, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
Sadie the Labrador retriever had been with Sophie Linnea through thick and thin.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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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 21 Dec. 2024.
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