blood, sweat, and tears

A huge or maximum amount of effort, dedication, and hard work. I poured my blood, sweat, and tears into this company, and I refuse to let you destroy it! Let's take a moment to acknowledge the people whose blood, sweat, and tears went into this project.

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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

blood, sweat, and tears

Fig. the signs of great personal effort. There will be much blood, sweat, and tears before we have completed this project. After years of blood, sweat, and tears, Timmy finally earned a college degree.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

blood, sweat, and tears

COMMON If a task involves blood, sweat, and tears, it is very hard to do and involves a lot of effort or suffering. It's almost as if the end product — the songs themselves — are less important than the blood, sweat and tears that went into them. He started work at the company which his wife, Pat, had spilled blood, sweat and tears to form. Note: This expression is originally from a wartime speech by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in which he said, `I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat'. He used the expression several times in other wartime speeches.

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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

blood, sweat, and tears

extremely hard work; unstinting effort.

In May 1940 Winston Churchill made a speech in the House of Commons in which he declared: ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.’

See also: and, tear

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

ˌblood, sweat and ˈtears

very hard work; a lot of effort: The only way to succeed is through old-fashioned blood, sweat and tears.

blood, sweat, and tears

Hard work; enormous effort. The phrase is associated with one of the twentieth century’s finest speakers, Winston Churchill, who on becoming Britain’s prime minister in 1940 said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, sweat and tears” (today the “toil” is often dropped when quoting him). The phrase was not original with Churchill. In 1611 John Donne wrote (First Anniversary), “. . . ’tis in vaine to dew, or mollifie it [this world] with thy teares, or sweat, or blood.” Among others who used similar phrases were Byron, Browning, and Gladstone.

See also: and, tear

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

blood, sweat and tears
sweat (something) out of (one)
sweat out of
sweat something out
sweat like a pig
pour through
success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone
Don’t sweat it!
don't sweat it
gardens are not made by sitting in the shade

References in periodicals archive

He was on the battlefield with blood, sweat, and tears. Society was rough.

Colin Farrell bi and bi: the star of Alexander and A Home at the End of the World talks about playing bisexual two films in a row

Jimmy Carter, following in the footsteps of popular 20th-century statesman Winston Churchill, has offered America one-third of the famous 'blood, sweat, and tears' combination.

25 years ago in reason

"I went through a lot of blood, sweat, and tears for this one and it wouldn't be right to just stop here in Great Falls," he said.

Television industry veteran Darnell Washington paid $3 million for KTGF-TV, an NBC affiliate in Great Falls, Montana

"He had previously employed similar phrases, such as "Their sweat, their tears, their blood" and "new structures of national life erected upon blood, sweat, and tears." These have since been appreciated as a paraphrase of Guiseppi Garibaldi's rallying cry to revolutionary forces in Rome nearly a century earlier, in 1849: "I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battle, and death.

Quotes for the times

Blood, sweat, and tears; the changing concepts of physiology from antiquity into early modern Europe.

Blood, sweat, and tears; the changing concepts of physiology from antiquity into early modern Europe

We have nothing to offer but blood, sweat, and tears, but then, as now, Britain will succeed.

Britain will always be Great; Letters letters@coventrytelegraph.net

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释义	blood, sweat, and tears blood, sweat, and tears A huge or maximum amount of effort, dedication, and hard work. I poured my blood, sweat, and tears into this company, and I refuse to let you destroy it! Let's take a moment to acknowledge the people whose blood, sweat, and tears went into this project. See also: and, tear Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. blood, sweat, and tears Fig. the signs of great personal effort. There will be much blood, sweat, and tears before we have completed this project. After years of blood, sweat, and tears, Timmy finally earned a college degree. See also: and, tear McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. blood, sweat, and tears COMMON If a task involves blood, sweat, and tears, it is very hard to do and involves a lot of effort or suffering. It's almost as if the end product — the songs themselves — are less important than the blood, sweat and tears that went into them. He started work at the company which his wife, Pat, had spilled blood, sweat and tears to form. Note: This expression is originally from a wartime speech by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in which he said, `I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat'. He used the expression several times in other wartime speeches. See also: and, tear Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. blood, sweat, and tears extremely hard work; unstinting effort. In May 1940 Winston Churchill made a speech in the House of Commons in which he declared: ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.’ See also: and, tear Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary ˌblood, sweat and ˈtears very hard work; a lot of effort: The only way to succeed is through old-fashioned blood, sweat and tears. See also: and, sweat, tear Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary blood, sweat, and tears Hard work; enormous effort. The phrase is associated with one of the twentieth century’s finest speakers, Winston Churchill, who on becoming Britain’s prime minister in 1940 said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, sweat and tears” (today the “toil” is often dropped when quoting him). The phrase was not original with Churchill. In 1611 John Donne wrote (First Anniversary), “. . . ’tis in vaine to dew, or mollifie it [this world] with thy teares, or sweat, or blood.” Among others who used similar phrases were Byron, Browning, and Gladstone. See also: and, tear The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: blood, sweat and tears sweat (something) out of (one) sweat out of sweat something out sweat like a pig pour through success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone Don’t sweat it! don't sweat it gardens are not made by sitting in the shade References in periodicals archive He was on the battlefield with blood, sweat, and tears. Society was rough. Colin Farrell bi and bi: the star of Alexander and A Home at the End of the World talks about playing bisexual two films in a row Jimmy Carter, following in the footsteps of popular 20th-century statesman Winston Churchill, has offered America one-third of the famous 'blood, sweat, and tears' combination. 25 years ago in reason "I went through a lot of blood, sweat, and tears for this one and it wouldn't be right to just stop here in Great Falls," he said. Television industry veteran Darnell Washington paid $3 million for KTGF-TV, an NBC affiliate in Great Falls, Montana "He had previously employed similar phrases, such as "Their sweat, their tears, their blood" and "new structures of national life erected upon blood, sweat, and tears." These have since been appreciated as a paraphrase of Guiseppi Garibaldi's rallying cry to revolutionary forces in Rome nearly a century earlier, in 1849: "I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battle, and death. Quotes for the times Blood, sweat, and tears; the changing concepts of physiology from antiquity into early modern Europe. Blood, sweat, and tears; the changing concepts of physiology from antiquity into early modern Europe We have nothing to offer but blood, sweat, and tears, but then, as now, Britain will succeed. Britain will always be Great; Letters letters@coventrytelegraph.net
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