| 词汇 | sweats bullets |
| 释义 | (redirected from sweats bullets)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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