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

Among those who looked upon Rochford as a hero was Tim Flanagan, who regarded his fellow-countryman with unbounded admiration, and declared himself ready to go through fire and water to serve him.

From In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting by Davis, John Steeple

You went through fire for me, Dent—you both did—and I'd go through fire and water for you!

From Denis Dent A Novel by Hornung, Ernest W.

"If it was an old bodkin that was given me by one I loved, I 'd go through fire and water to get possession of it."

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James