List of body parts idioms about sweat and their meanings

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• Body parts idioms about the throat
• Body parts idioms about bones
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• Body parts idioms about blood
• Body parts idioms about the stomach
• Body parts idioms about the heart
• Body parts idioms about the neck
• Body parts idioms about shoulders
• Body parts idioms about the breathe / breath
• Body parts idioms about the backs

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Human body parts idioms about sweat

blood, sweat, and tears

- great personal effort

We put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into fixing our old house.

break into a cold sweat (about something)

- to become nervous or frightened about something

I broke into a cold sweat when I went to tell my teacher about my mistake.

by the sweat of one's brow

- by one's hard work or effort

The restaurant owner built his business by the sweat of his brow.

sweat blood

- to be very anxious and tense about something

I began to sweat blood when I heard that some of our staff may be transferred to another city.

sweat it out

- to wait patiently until something bad or unpleasant ends

We had to sweat it out with no food while our car was being repaired.

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