English Explanatory Dictionary

go through fire and water

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To undertake any amount of trouble or risk to achieve some end.

Word forms

go through fire and water goes through fire and water going through fire and water went through fire and water gone through fire and water

Etymology

Referring to ancient ordeals. Presumably Psalms 66:12.

Related words

go through hell go to hell and back
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