i ur och skur
التعريفات والمعاني
== Swedish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
genom ur och skur
=== Etymology ===
Construction of i + ur och skur (“in ur and shower”), roughly meaning “through blustery and hefty precipitation”; ur being an old word for cold blustery precipitation, mainly snowdrift, sometimes just blustery weather and thereof, and skur (“shower, burst of sudden hefty precipitation”).
=== Adverb ===
i ur och skur (not comparable)
(idiomatic) in all weathers (no matter the weather)
(idiomatic) through thick and thin
Synonym: (more common) i vått och torrt
==== See also ====
i regn och rusk
i vått och torrt
=== References ===
“i ur och skur”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“i ur och skur”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)