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

There isn't a man in the country that wouldn't go through fire and water for her—God bless her!

From The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Fillmore, Parker

I never shall cease to be grateful for what you did for Christine; and if you ever need me, I'll go through fire and water to serve you.'

From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von

I am sure he will be ready to go through fire and water to avenge his master's death.

From The Lost Heir by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)