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go through fire and water
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Literally, the names mean they’ll go through fire and water together.
Go through fire and water in response to the Party's call!
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.
“I will go through fire and water for my friend” was a common expression in the middle ages, and, though having lost its original significance, the saying has persisted to the present time as a declaration of self-sacrifice.
Yet he was a faithful fellow, and would any day go through fire and water to oblige us.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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