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Idioms: Through Thick and Thin

Through Thick and Thin — In good times and bad times. Examples: George Bush stuck with the Iraq war through thick and thin. I must follow him through thick and thin. They remained friends through thic

Through Thick and Thin

In good times and bad times.

Examples:

George Bush stuck with the Iraq war through thick and thin.

I must follow him through thick and thin.

They remained friends through thick and thin.

Origin / Etymology

The expression is very old and originates from the times when England was still a state with predominantly forested nature and even animals grazed in wooded areas.

The idiom literally means both through dense and through sparse forest.

Meanings from the English-Bulgarian dictionary:

Thick [θik]

Thick, dense, dense.

Thin [θin]

Thin, very thin.

Sparse, thin, thinned, scanty (for hair, crops, etc.).

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