sweat bullets
Slang Dictionary

sweat definition


  1. tv. & in.
    to fret (about something) while waiting for an outcome. : This whole promotion business really has me sweating.
  2. n.
    trouble; bother. (See also no sweat.) : I can handle it. It won't cause me any sweat.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Slang Dictionary

sweat bullets definition


  1. 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.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

sweat bullets

Perspire 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]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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