单词 | through fire |
释义 | > as lemmasthrough fire (and water) c. through fire (and water): with a verb of motion, as go, follow, run, etc., denoting the facing of a severe ordeal or great danger, esp. for another. Chiefly in hypothetical and conditional contexts.Originally with reference to Psalm 66:12. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > there is danger in a course of action [phrase] > in a dangerous situation through fire (and water)eOE waterOE near the fire1560 between two fires1686 eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) lxv. 11 (12) Transiuimus per ignem et aquam : we leordun ðorh fyr & weter. OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 110 Ða stodan þa halgan hale of þam fyre glitiniende swa swa gold, þus herigende God, Transiuimus per ignem et aquam, et eduxisti nos in refrigerium, We ferdon þurh fyr and wæter, and þu us læddest on celincge. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms lxv. 12 Wee passiden thurȝ fyr and watir; and thou broȝtist out vs in to refreshing. 1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 63 They that can brynge theyr soudiours in to suche affection and beleue, that they wolde gladly folowe them throughe fyre and water, and through all maner of daunger. 1567 J. Pikering Newe Enterlude Vice sig. C.jv Be thou lybraull to thy men, and gentell be also, For yt way at thy wil thou mayst, haue them through fire to go. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. ii. 109 Runne through fire, I will for thy sweete sake. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iv. 103 A woman would run through fire & water for such a kinde heart. View more context for this quotation 1735 C. Coffey Merry Cobler viii. 22 I wou'd go through Fire and Water for your dear Ladyship's Love. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 55 The Laird o' Blackbyre wad gang through the fire, If that wad entice her awa, man. 1814 R. Churton Let. 25 Mar. in Heber Lett. (1950) viii. 265 If your principles..are as I trust firmly and constitutionally settled on this fundamental point in our Protestant Government, I could go through fire and water to serve you. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. xxix. 245 Because a man greases his whiskers, and colours his hair, and paints his eyebrows, and wears kid gloves, by George, they'll go through fire and water after him. 1904 Temple Bar Dec. 662 As Murbach, one of the violins, said, they would have gone through fire for him [sc. Wagner]. 1944 Times 4 Oct. 7/6 In the battlefield his men would follow him through fire and water. His drive and spirit infected them all. 2009 R. Mohn Global Lesson 66 During those tempestuous postwar years they would have gone through fire for me. < as lemmas |
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