durchs Feuer gehen für+Akk.
to go through fire for someone
Türkçe: biri için ateşe atlamak
In a sentence
Die Mutter würde für ihre Kinder durchs Feuer gehen.
How it is used
Idiom for extreme loyalty, 'would go through fire for someone.' Colloquial/emotional register. Use when describing a best friend who always supports you. Implies willingness to face danger, not just minor inconvenience.
Other verbs that go with Feuer
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
Other collocations built on gehen
- auf Abstand gehen (auch fig.)to move away/create distance
- an die Arbeit gehento start working or begin a task
- ins Auge gehento go wrong
- jdm. um den Bart gehento fawn over someone
- ins Bett gehento go to bed (to sleep)
- zu Bett gehento go to bed
- in die Berge gehento go to the mountains
- in Berufung gehento go into appeal
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