go through fire and water

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go through fire and water (old-fashioned)

to experience many difficulties or dangers in order to achieve something (often + to do sth) They went through fire and water to ensure the prince's safety.

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(and he himself an insignificant atom in it) would go through fire and water, commit crime, die, or perform deeds of highest heroism, and so he could not but tremble and his heart stand still at the imminence of that word. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context If I were you and had wife, or daughter, or sweetheart like this " - he touched the photograph almost reverently - "why, I'd go through fire and water but I'd keep myself decent; ain't you a silly old fool, now? A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context And yet for Number One they will go through fire and water, and for Number Two they won't so much as turn their heads to look at him. Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context More results

? References in classic literature

(and he himself an insignificant atom in it) would go through fire and water, commit crime, die, or perform deeds of highest heroism, and so he could not but tremble and his heart stand still at the imminence of that word.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

If I were you and had wife, or daughter, or sweetheart like this " - he touched the photograph almost reverently - "why, I'd go through fire and water but I'd keep myself decent; ain't you a silly old fool, now?

A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

And yet for Number One they will go through fire and water, and for Number Two they won't so much as turn their heads to look at him.

Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context

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