thick and thin
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It needed supporters who cheered for their team through thick and thin, not curious, casual fans who came out to see whatever big-name player was passing through town but never came back.
From Los Angeles Times
Employment there tends to grow through thick and thin, in part because of the growing needs of an aging population.
“China has always stood in solidarity through thick and thin with the Global South, including Latin America and the Caribbean,” said the 6,700-word policy paper, China’s first on the region in almost a decade.
"Supporting them and letting them know that I will be there for them through thick and thin is very, very important, and Ben Duckett knows that."
From BBC
“They’ve stuck with the Venezuelan market through thick and thin, and endured a lot of adverse conditions, a lot of headwinds,” said Clay Seigel, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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