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==English==
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|come rain or shine|come rain or snow}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-au-rain or shine.ogg|a=AU}}


===Adverb===
===Adverb===
{{head|en|adverb}}
'''[[rain]] or [[shine]]'''

#{{idiom}} Regardless of what the [[circumstance]]s are, and how the [[weather]] is.
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} Regardless of what the [[circumstance]]s are, and how the [[weather]] is.
#: ''The game will be held on Saturday '''rain or shine'''.''
#: {{cot|en|come what may|hell or high water|no matter what}}
#: ''He always showed up right on time, '''rain or shine'''.''
#: {{ux|en|The game will be held on Saturday '''rain or shine'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|He always showed up right on time, '''rain or shine'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Orwell Animal Farm|6|passage=This very morning we begin rebuilding the windmill, and we will build all through the winter, '''rain or shine'''.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|regardless of the circumstances}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|satoi tai paistoi}}
* French: {{t|fr|par tous les temps}}, {{t|fr|qu'il pleuve ou qu'il vente}}, {{t|fr|qu'il pleuve, qu'il vente, qu'il neige}}
* German: {{t|de|komme, was da wolle}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|ha esik, ha fúj}}
* Italian: {{t|it|col bello o il cattivo tempo}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|faça chuva ou faça sol}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|llueva o truene}}, {{t+|es|llueva, truene o relampaguee}}
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====See also====
====See also====
*[[come rain or shine]]
* [[come hell or high water]]

====Further reading====
* {{R:Longman|come rain or shine}}


{{cln|en|coordinated pairs}}
====Related terms====
*[[hell or high water]]

Latest revision as of 03:57, 28 September 2024

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rain or shine

  1. (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.
    • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm [], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
      This very morning we begin rebuilding the windmill, and we will build all through the winter, rain or shine.

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