sweat blood

sweat blood
sweat blood & sweat bullets
Fig. to be very anxious and tense. •

What a terrible test! I was really sweating blood at the last.

Bob is such a bad driver. I sweat bullets every time I ride with him.

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{v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be very much worried. * /The engine of the airplane stopped, and the pilot sweated blood as he glided to a safe landing./ 2. To work very hard. * /Jim sweated blood to finish his composition on time./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • sweat\ blood — v. phr. slang 1. To be very much worried. The engine of the airplane stopped, and the pilot sweated blood as he glided to a safe landing. 2. To work very hard. Jim sweated blood to finish his composition on time …   Словарь американских идиом

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