i ur och skur

Swedish

Alternative forms

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,[1][2] and skur (“shower, burst of sudden hefty precipitation”).

Adverb

i ur och skur (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) in all weathers (no matter the weather)
  2. (idiomatic) through thick and thin
    Synonym: (more common) i vått och torrt

See also

References

  1. ^ ur 2. in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  2. ^ https://www.saob.se/artikel/?unik=U_0733-0035.Z39k&pz=5
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