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

Yet he was a faithful fellow, and would any day go through fire and water to oblige us.

From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon

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)

I tell you I hate Helen Perowne now devoutly, but I’d go through fire and water to save her from that black scoundrel.

From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville