walking on water
Impossible aquatic stroll
Walking on water is performing the impossible—a reference to Jesus's miracle in the Gospels.
The phrase almost always appears figuratively to describe someone treated as extraordinary or infallible: The new CEO thinks he can walk on water.
Often used with light skepticism or irony toward those who inspire excessive reverence.
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
- PeterMale name, means rock
- leap of faithTrust without verification
- resurrectionRevival from death
- stepFoot movement forward
surface tension · lake surface · divine intervention · non-Newtonian fluid · faith · surface · buoyancy · Jesus · Son of God · hydrophobicity · Sea of Galilee · oobleck · thin ice · healing miracles · theophany · defying · wonder · levitation
- biblical miraclesraising Lazarus, calming the storm, loaves and fishes, Lazarus, miraculous catch
- Biblical ReferencesAdam and Eve, ark, forbidden fruit, Garden of Eden, Ten Commandments
- Christian loreAdam, Eve, Adam and Eve, Noah, Satan
- Bible StoriesAdam and Eve, David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, nativity
- Biblical Supernaturalsorcery, witchcraft, magic, demons, exorcism
- GospelsJesus, gospels, Jesus Christ, apostles, Gospel of Mark
walking on watersinking
Falling through water
drowning · going under · submerging · falling through · swimming
walking on waterfalling flat on one's face
Failing completely and visibly
falling from grace · crashing and burning · sinking · making mistakes · coming up short
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