Idiom
walk on broken glass
Meaning
To do everything possible to achieve something, even if it involves great risk or discomfort.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I would walk on broken glass to finish this project on time.”
“She was so determined to save her failing business that she was willing to walk on broken glass to make it succeed.”
“Driven by an unwavering ambition to reclaim his family legacy, he was prepared to walk on broken glass if that was the price of his eventual victory.”
Examples
simple
“I would walk on broken glass to finish this project on time.”
contextual
“She was so determined to save her failing business that she was willing to walk on broken glass to make it succeed.”
complex
“Driven by an unwavering ambition to reclaim his family legacy, he was prepared to walk on broken glass if that was the price of his eventual victory.”
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