Flingpord

  As simple as the idiom indicated here is supposed to be, it is usually mishandled in some three ways. Interestingly, because its meaning (i.e., in good times and bad times) echoes the uncertainty of life, it is a common saying. But there is the need to master its wording. Tick or thick? ‘Tick’ and ‘thick’ are both valid words in English. But their meanings and uses are different. ‘Tick’, among other meanings, refers to a mark used to indicate that an item in a list or text is correct or has been verified while ‘thick’ means not thin or flat – rather having a large distance between two sides. In the context of the sweet-and-bitter-seasons idiom, the required term is ‘thick’, not tick. You should therefore always avoid mixing them up.  The expression is ‘thick and thin’. Similarly, note that there is a difference between ‘ticket’ and ‘thicket’. Look up the words in the dictionary if you are not sure.' Prepositional issue The second issue with ‘in tick and thin’ is that the pre...