go through fire and water
Example Sentences
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For example, I asked him that when Pamina and Tamino go through fire and water there should be real danger; in most productions, it feels like a symbolic, pleasant walk.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2012
At week's end, with Mrs. Bernstein heartily protesting "I'd go through fire and water for that boy!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, there are fellows in Cambridge who would go through fire and water, or stand on their heads in front of a pulpit for the sake of getting into the Dicky.
From Brenda, Her School and Her Club by Reed, Helen Leah
At the sound of her voice so softly calling all violence was forgotten; love poured back in a flood upon him; he would go through fire and water to possess her in the end.
From The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath by Blackwood, Algernon
The two are good comrades, and would go through fire and water for one another in case of need.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. by Heyse, Paul
