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

And is it not because of this, that immediately after his death there appeared so many “bosom” friends, for whom, in their words, he would be ready to go through fire and water?

From Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov by Bunin, I. A.

I would go through fire and water for you.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann

I think he would really go through fire and water for one hour with you.

From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)