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 wanted her, and he would go through fire and water to make her his wife.
From The Rustle of Silk by Hamilton, Cosmo
He would go through fire and water for Tilly.
From The Cottage of Delight A Novel by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)
Labour leaders in Paris told me that they shed tears of joy in his presence, and that their comrades would go through fire and water to help him to realize his noble schemes.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
