come hell or high water

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Adverb

come hell or high water

(idiomatic) Regardless of the hardships.
The pioneers were determined to build a community in the wilderness come hell or high water.

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regardless of the hardships

Danish: med djævelens vold og magt (literally “by the devil's violence and might”), koste hvad det være (literally “cost what it may”)
Dutch: wat er zich ook voordoet
Finnish: kävi miten kävi
French: coûte que coûte (fr), à tout prix (fr)

German: koste es was es wolle
Hungarian: tűzön-vízen át, ha esik, ha fúj
Italian: cascasse il cielo, cascasse il mondo, succeda quel che succeda
Russian: во что́ бы то ни ста́ло (ru) (vo štó by to ni stálo)

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