i ur och skur

Swedish

Alternative forms

• genom ur och skur

Etymology

The literal meaning is "through bad weather, windy 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)

1. (idiomatic) in all weathers (no matter the weather)
2. (idiomatic, uncommon) 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 (SO)
• i ur och skur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)