walking on water

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1. A miraculous act performed by Jesus, according to the Gospels. They record that Jesus walked on the Sea of Galilee to rejoin his disciples, who had departed ahead of him in a ship. When he reached the ship, the winds that had been blowing stopped, and the disciples worshiped him as the true son of God.

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Figuratively, to “walk on water” is to perform an impossible or godlike task: “When I told him the project had to be done by Tuesday, he made me feel as though I were asking him to walk on water.”

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walking on water

As the sun sets, it can look like people are walking on water.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

She might as well be walking on water, so supremely in command of this massive spectacle that she reminds us why we talk about pop stars in religious terms.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2019

Jesus Shoes are hypebeast culture incarnate — there’s nothing more #rare than walking on water.

From The Verge ● Oct. 22, 2019

The cover of his latest recording depicts the saxophonist literally walking on water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2018

I thought walking on water would be interesting, but what good was that?

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd