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词组 by the sweat of your brow
释义
Idiom
by the sweat of your browby the sweat of (your) brow
literary if you earn the money that you use to live on by the sweat of your brow, you earn it yourself, by doing hard, often physical work.
A decent, hard-working man, he supported his family by the sweat of his brow.

by the sweat of (one's) brow

Through or because of one's own efforts or hard work. By the sweat of his brow, my father turned a barren little plot of land into the flourishing farm you see today. This pair of entrepreneurs has created a billion-dollar company by the sweat of their brow.

by the sweat of your brow

LITERARY
If you earn the money that you live on by the sweat of your brow, you earn it through doing hard physical work. Most people are no longer earning their bread by the sweat of their brow.

by the sweat of your brow

by your own hard work, typically manual labour.
This idiom is often used with reference to God's sentence on Adam after the Fall, condemning him to work for his food: ‘In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread’ (Genesis 3:19).

by the sweat of your ˈbrow

(literary) by your own hard work or physical effort: They had to live by the sweat of their brow.
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