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


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


# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} 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.
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* Spanish: {{t|es|llueva o truene}}, {{t+|es|llueva, truene o relampaguee}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|llueva o truene}}, {{t+|es|llueva, truene o relampaguee}}
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====See also====
* [[come hell or high water]]

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


[[Category:English coordinated pairs]]
[[Category:English coordinated pairs]]

Revision as of 22:21, 5 April 2020

English

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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