rain or shine

English

Alternative forms

come rain or shine, come rain or snow

Pronunciation

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Adverb

rain or shine

(idiomatic) Regardless of what the circumstances are, and how the weather is.
Coordinate terms: come what may, hell or high water, no matter what

The game will be held on Saturday rain or shine.

He always showed up right on time, rain or shine.
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
  This very morning we begin rebuilding the windmill, and we will build all through the winter, rain or shine.

Translations

regardless of the circumstances

Finnish: satoi tai paistoi
French: par tous les temps, qu’il pleuve ou qu’il vente, qu’il pleuve, qu’il vente, qu’il neige
German: komme, was da wolle
Hungarian: ha esik, ha fúj
Italian: col bello o il cattivo tempo
Portuguese: faça chuva ou faça sol
Spanish: llueva o truene, llueva, truene o relampaguee (es)

See also

come hell or high water

Further reading

“come rain or shine” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

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