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

I am certain that Mrs. Crabtree is devotedly fond of my children, and would go through fire and water to serve them; but she is a little severe perhaps.

From Holiday House A Series of Tales by Sinclair, Catherine

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

"I believe he'd go through fire and water to make sure of her."

From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Warner, Susan