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21thick and thin — n. all difficulties through thick and thin (to remain friends through thick and thin) * * * [ all difficulties ] through thick and thin (to remain friends through thick and thin) …
22thick and thin — noun Etymology: Middle English thikke and thinne, from thikke, n., thick + and + thinne, n., thin : every difficulty and obstacle : all hindrances and obstructions used especially in the phrase through thick and thin stand by her shoulder to… …
23thick and thin — noun Date: 14th century every difficulty and obstacle used especially in the phrase through thick and thin < was loyal through thick and thin > …
24thick-and-thin — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: thick and thin 1. : having one sheave thicker than the other and taking two ropes of differing size used of a tackle block; compare fiddle block 2. : ready to go through thick and thin : unreservedly or blindly …
25thick and thin — noun Both good and bad times. George Bush stuck with the Iraq war through thick and thin …
26Through thick and thin. — См. На пролом идти …
Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
27Thick — Thick, n. 1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. [1913 Webster] In the thick of the dust and smoke. Knolles. [1913 Webster] 2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] Drayton. [1913 Webster] Through the thick they heard one… …
28thick — ► ADJECTIVE 1) with opposite sides or surfaces relatively far apart. 2) (of a garment or fabric) made of heavy material. 3) made up of a large number of things or people close together: thick forest. 4) (thick with) densely filled or covered with …
29thick — [thik] adj. [ME thikke < OE thicce, thick, dense, akin to Ger dick < IE base * tegu , thick, fat > OIr tiug] 1. having relatively great depth; of considerable extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin [a thick board] 2.… …
30thick — [[t]θɪ̱k[/t]] ♦♦♦ thicker, thickest 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is thick has a large distance between its two opposite sides. For breakfast I had a thick slice of bread and syrup... He wore glasses with thick rims... This material is very thick… …