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 a dear old foolish thing to be jealous," answered Vixen, "when he knows I'd go through fire and water for him."
From Vixen, Volume I. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
She did not announce her secret determination to go through fire and water, if necessary, rather than submit to the plan of her relatives.
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.
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
