Idiom
sweat bullets
Meaning
To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I always sweat bullets before I take a big test.”
“He was sweating bullets while waiting for the boss to read his performance review.”
“As the detective stood before the suspect, he could not help but sweat bullets, fearing that his hidden evidence would finally be discovered.”
Examples
simple
“I always sweat bullets before I take a big test.”
contextual
“He was sweating bullets while waiting for the boss to read his performance review.”
complex
“As the detective stood before the suspect, he could not help but sweat bullets, fearing that his hidden evidence would finally be discovered.”
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