walking on water

Cultural  

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.”

Example Sentences

This makes Herald’s explosive and terrifying fit, in which he falls to the ground as if thrown by force, and relates a dark vision of bones walking on water, seem to come from nowhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

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

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Featuring giant flowers bigger than people and episodes of walking on water, the fantastical in this novel feels as true to the Cairo of today as the parts that are lifted from life.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2022

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

From The Verge • Oct. 22, 2019

To anyone watching from shore, it would’ve looked like we were walking on water.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs