| 词组 | sweat bullets |
| 释义 | sweat bullets Theme: SUFFERING tr. to suffer about something; to be anxious or nervous about something; to sweat blood.They were sweating bullets, waiting for the results.The kid sat in the waiting room, sweating bullets while the surgeons worked on his brother. Idiom sweat bullets American, informal to be very worried or frightened.He was sweating bullets by the time the police had finished questioning him. sweat bulletsTo suffer intense distress, anxiety, worry, or fear. My passport had expired just before the trip, so I was sweating bullets as we went over the border into Canada. Some of these kids sweat bullets every time we have to give them a test. sweat bulletsPerspire profusely; also, suffer mental anguish. For example, We were sweating bullets, sitting in the sun through all those graduation speeches, or It was their first baby, and David was sweating bullets while Karen was in labor. The bullets in this expression allude to drops of perspiration the size of bullets. [Slang; mid-1900s] sweat bulletsbe extremely anxious or nervous. North American informalsweat bullets tv. to suffer about something; to be anxious or nervous about something; to sweat blood. The kid sat in the waiting room, sweating bullets while the surgeons worked on his brother. sweat bulletsSlang1. To sweat profusely. 2. To worry intensely. |
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