rain or shine

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rain or shine

  1. (idiomatic) Regardless of what the circumstances are, and how the weather is.
    The game will be held on Saturday rain or shine.
    He always showed up right on time, rain or shine.
    • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6
      This very morning we begin rebuilding the windmill, and we will build all through the winter, rain or shine.

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