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
He's my foster-brother, by the way, that chap, and would go through fire and water to serve me.
From Vestigia Vol. I. by Fleming, George
I believe you’re a reg’lar sham, sir, pretendin’ that Master Scar’s your enemy, and all the time you seem as if you’d go through fire and water to help him.
From Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story by Nash, J.
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
