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It seems to me that you won't have had a proper series of adventures, unless you've gone through thick and thin.

Avi (2008). “The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant)”, p.63, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
It seems to me that you won't have had a proper series of adventures, unless you've gone through thick and thin.