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sweat bricks


Synonym of sweat bullets (“to sweat profusely”).

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

I always sweat bricks before I give a speech.

CONTEXTUAL

The student started to sweat bricks when the teacher called his name to answer the difficult question.

COMPLEX

As the deadline approached and the project remained unfinished, the team began to sweat bricks under the pressure of the impending review.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bang one's head against a brick wall

    To waste effort on a futile project.

  2. 02

    blood, sweat and tears

    A person's determination and hard work.

  3. 03

    break a sweat

    To put effort into something.

  4. 04

    brick in

    To enclose with bricks.

  5. 05

    brick in one's hat

    Drunkenness.

  6. 06

    built like a brick outhouse

    Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

  7. 07

    built like a brick shipyard

    Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

  8. 08

    built like a brick shithouse

    Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.

Last updated August 10, 2026