- sweat blood
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phrasal
to work or worry intensely <in preparing speeches each sweats blood in his own way — Stewart Cockburn>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
sweat blood
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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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sweat blood — If you sweat blood, you make an extraordinary effort to achieve something … The small dictionary of idiomes
sweat blood — • sweat bullets • sweat blood be nervous, be very worried I was sweating bullets during the interview but after it started I was able to calm down … Idioms and examples
sweat blood — ► sweat blood informal make an extremely strenuous effort. Main Entry: ↑sweat … English terms dictionary
sweat blood — phrasal : to work or worry intensely in preparing speeches each sweats blood in his own way Stewart Cockburn * * * sweat blood To work or worry extremely hard • • • Main Entry: ↑sweat * * * sweat blood informal phrase to work very hard to achieve … Useful english dictionary
sweat blood — 1. to work very hard. He says that writing does not come naturally to him and he sweats blood over every sentence. I sweat blood every week just to earn enough money to feed my family. (mainly American, informal) 2. to feel very worried or… … New idioms dictionary
sweat blood — tv. to work very hard at something; to endure distress in the process of accomplishing something. (See also piss blood.) □ And here I sweated blood to put you through college, and you treat me like a stranger. □ Everybody in the office had to… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
sweat blood — If you sweat blood, you make an extraordinary effort to achieve something. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Sweat blood — If you sweat blood, you make an extraordinary effort to achieve something … Dictionary of English idioms
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
