sweat buckets

sweat buckets

To sweat profusely. "Buckets" is sometimes used as a term describing large amounts of liquid. I start to sweat buckets within seconds of stepping on a treadmill, but you walk out of the gym after a workout like you've been just sitting at a desk.
See also: bucket, sweat
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sweat buckets

sweat profusely. informal
See also: bucket, sweat
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • sweat like a pig
  • sweat something out
  • sweat (something) out of (one)
  • sweat out of
  • Don’t sweat it!
  • don't sweat it
  • sweat off
  • sweat the small stuff
  • gutbucket
  • gut-bucket
References in periodicals archive
Just because we sweat buckets doesn't mean we have to smell the part and inconvenience others by scattering our body odor all over the place.
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Just about any promising player the world over aged 18 or under would sweat buckets in order to reach a Grand Slam final of any description.
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They'll need to sweat buckets to get there with the thermometer regularly hitting 40 degrees in the middle of July - as St Johnstone suffered three seasons ago.
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During exercise, one should sip water every 15 minutes, especially if the weather makes one sweat buckets.
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So while I jump and sweat buckets to the latest fitness DVD to try to lose some of the Christmas pounds, it's inspired me to do the same thing to my four walls.
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It's almost certain he will have to sweat buckets to get past lid-pinger Sidaz Jack down the back-straight, so let's take him on with TYRUR SUGAR RAY, who really gets the punting juices flowing.
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IF THEY didn't know it before, then England now realise they will have to sweat buckets to go away from Cardiff with a Grand Slam.
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PAnd Long (above) - a fine singer himself - said: "They've no problem going out to play in front of 40,000 but sweat buckets in front of 20 lads!
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Her sister Serena sobbed after beating Aravane Rezai to open her title defense and 23rd seed Venus was made to sweat buckets under Center Court s closed roof for a 6-7 6-3 8-6 win in just under three hours.
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FreshMax claims that even if you sweat buckets, your shirt won't show it.
With this shirt, you don't have to 'sweat it' anymore!
Even scorching heat brings the danger of rust, as combatants sweat buckets jousting and swinging swords in 60lb suits.
Joust a dab of oil here! MEDIEVAL MAGIC: Castle's knights find right recipe to avoid rust
However hard Bolton work ( and they sweat buckets ( they will not outdo the shift put in by Scott Parker and Emre in the centre of United's midfield.
United's hit squad need to find target
At first you'll sweat buckets and later you'll suffer from heat exhaustion.
The unsafe sauna
All the evidence suggests the has lost the support of his key players and that his passivity is unsuited to the role of getting millionaires to sweat buckets. But he must stay for now.
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In their turn they both sweat buckets as they pumped air into this four-foot high dirigible.
Danger when the balloon goes up