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"etymology_text": "In reference to the dangers of hell and stormy seas.",
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"text": "The pioneers were determined to build a community in the wilderness come hell or high water.",
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"ref": "1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1",
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"word": "rain or shine"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"word": "med djævelens vold og magt"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"word": "koste hvad det være"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"word": "wat er zich ook voordoet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"word": "kävi miten kävi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"word": "coûte que coûte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"word": "à tout prix"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"word": "quoi qu’il arrive"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "koste es was es wolle"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "tűzön-vízen át"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "ha esik, ha fúj"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "cascasse il cielo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "cascasse il mondo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "succeda quel che succeda"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"word": "雨が降ろうと槍が降ろうと"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"word": "雨が降ろうが槍が降ろうが"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "no equivalent term in Polish"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"word": "but see choćby się waliło i paliło"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"word": "żeby się waliło i paliło"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"word": "faça chuva ou faça sol"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vo štó by to ni stálo",
"word": "во что́ бы то ни ста́ло"
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"lang": "Danish",
"word": "med djævelens vold og magt"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"word": "koste hvad det være"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"word": "wat er zich ook voordoet"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"word": "kävi miten kävi"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"word": "coûte que coûte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"word": "à tout prix"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"word": "quoi qu’il arrive"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "koste es was es wolle"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "tűzön-vízen át"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "ha esik, ha fúj"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "cascasse il cielo"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "cascasse il mondo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "succeda quel che succeda"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"word": "雨が降ろうと槍が降ろうと"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"word": "雨が降ろうが槍が降ろうが"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "no equivalent term in Polish"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"word": "but see choćby się waliło i paliło"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"word": "żeby się waliło i paliło"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"word": "faça chuva ou faça sol"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vo štó by to ni stálo",
"word": "во что́ бы то ни ста́ло"
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"word": "come hell or high water"
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