go into boiling water and walk through fire and water

go into boiling water and walk through fire and water

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t à NT à NGD à Ohu à, which means to go through fire and water; metaphor is not afraid of any difficulties. From Xunzi Yibing.

The origin of Idioms

Xunzi Yibing: "to cheat Yao with Jie is like throwing an egg into a stone, scratching a boil with a finger, going to water and fire, going to Yan Jiao without ears."

Analysis of Idioms

Go through fire and water

Idiom usage

As predicate, adverbial; metaphor desperate.