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21 Sweat Idioms And Phrases (Meaning & Examples)

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In this article, we are going to take a look at 21 Sweat Idioms, what they mean and how to use them.

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21 Sweat Idioms And Phrases (Meaning & Examples)

1. To Be In A Sweat

  • Meaning: to be hot and sweaty, usually from working or some form of exercise.
  • Use In A Sentence: I was in a good sweat after working out for 45 minutes in the gym.

2. To Break A Sweat

  • Meaning: to put a lot of effort into something. It is usually used in the negative to mention that someone didn’t have to put much effort into something.
  • Use In A Sentence: Giving the presentation was easier than I thought. I didn’t even break a sweat.

3. By The Sweat Of One’s Brow

  • Meaning: accomplishing something by your own hard work.
  • Use In A Sentence: By the sweat of his brow, he turned this little business into what it is today.

4. Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff

  • Meaning: to tell someone not to worry about the unimportant details.
  • Use In A Sentence: Don’t sweat the small stuff! The presentation wasn’t perfect, but everyone still loved your ideas.

5. Meat Sweats

  • Meaning: used to describe sweating after eating large quantities of meat.
  • Use In A Sentence: After the turkey meal, John broke out inot a meat sweat. It was quite funny if you ask me.

6. To Sweat One’s Guts Out

  • Meaning: to put a lot of effort into something. To work extremely hard on something.
  • Use In A Sentence: I sweat my guts out trying to build my own fireplace. It was way more work than I had expected.

7. To Sweat Blood

  • Meaning: to be very anxious about something. It can also mean to work really hard.
  • Use In A Sentence: Mary is a scary driver. I was in the passenger seat and I was sweating blood the entire trip.

8. Sweat Equity

  • Meaning: work that a person puts into a piece of property to make it more valuable.
  • Use In A Sentence: My father-in-law is putting some sweat equity into his house by redoing the two bathrooms.

9. To Sweat It Out

  • Meaning: to endure a stressful, unpleasant situation.
  • Use In A Sentence: I hate my current work schedule but I only need to sweat it out for two more months. Then, I can request a change.

10. To Sweat Off

  • Meaning #1: to try to lose weight by sweating.
  • Meaning #2: to wash something off by sweating.
  • Use In A Sentence #1: Jennifer claims she can sweat oof 15 pounds by next Tuesday.
  • Use In A Sentence #2: Can we touch up Joey’s makeup? It looks like it sweated it all off.

11. A Sweatshop

  • Meaning: a factory in which people have to do hard work. Usually in poor conditions with low pay.
  • Use In A Sentence: How long have you been working in that sweatshop? Too long, I am thinking about quitting this spring.

12. Blood, Sweat, And Tears

  • Meaning: extremely hard work that requires a lot of effort.
  • Use In A Sentence: Over the past 6 months, I have put all my blood, sweat and tears into this project.

13. Don’t Sweat It!

  • Meaning: another way to say don’t worry about it.
  • Use In A Sentence: Don’t sweat it! I’ll take care of it when I get home from work. Juts enjoy the rest of you day and forget about what happened.

14. To Sweat Something Out Of Someone

  • Meaning: to force a person to reveal information or give a confession. It is usually done through force or intimidation.
  • Use In A Sentence: The police are being charged because they used physical force to sweat a confession out of him.

15. To Sweat Buckets

  • Meaning: to sweat profusely.
  • Use In A Sentence: Man, it is hot in Miami. I have been sweating buckets ever since I got off the plane.

16. To Sweat Like A Pig

  • Meaning: to sweat profusely.
  • Use In A Sentence: Can you turn on the air conditioner? It’s over 80 degrees and I’m sweating like a pig.

17. Tiger Sweat

  • Meaning: bad or strong liquor.
  • Use In A Sentence: After a long day of work, I need some tiger sweat. It helps me to relax.

18. To Work Up A Sweat

  • Meaning: to sweat due to a lot of physical activity such as working or exercising. It can also mean to work hard.
  • Use In A Sentence: No, it was easy. I did the whole thing without working up a sweat.

19. No Sweat!

  • Meaning: another way to say it’s no problem or don’t worry about it.
  • Use In A Sentence: Would you mind picking me up some milk when you go to the store? Sure, no sweat!

20. To Sweat Bullets

  • Meaning: to be extremely anxious or nervous about something.
  • Use In A Sentence: I was sweating bullets waiting for the test results to come back.

21. To Break Out In A Cold Sweat

  • Meaning: to become scared or to begin to sweat due to fear.
  • Use In A Sentence: I broke out in a cold sweat the second I walked into my boss’s office and the C.E.O. was there as well. I wasn’t expecting that!

There you have it! 21 Sweat Idioms! Which one is your favorite? Please share in the comments below.