for better or for worse

Idioms and Phrases

Under good or bad circumstances, with good or bad effect. For example, For better or for worse he trusts everyone . This term became widely familiar because it appears in the marriage service of the Book of Common Prayer (1549): “With this ring I thee wed, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, for better or worse, til death do us part.” [Late 1300s]