- sweat bullets
- American, informal
to be very worried or frightened.
He was sweating bullets by the time the police had finished questioning him.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
sweat bullets
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sweat bullets — • 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 bullets — (USA) If someone is sweating bullets, they re very worried or frightened … The small dictionary of idiomes
sweat bullets — informal be extremely anxious or nervous * * * sweat bullets see ↑sweat, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑bullet sweat bullets US informal : to be very nervous or worried I was sweating bullets while I waited to talk to my boss. • • • … Useful english dictionary
sweat bullets N. Amer. — sweat bullets N. Amer. informal be extremely anxious or nervous. → sweat … English new terms dictionary
sweat bullets — tv. to suffer about something; to be anxious or nervous about something; to sweat blood. □ They were sweating bullets, waiting for the results. □ The kid sat in the waiting room, sweating bullets while the surgeons worked on his brother … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
sweat bullets — verb To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious. He was sweating bullets about the exam all week. Syn: shit bricks, sweat blood … Wiktionary
sweat bullets — worry, be very concerned or afraid or nervous I was sweating bullets when I heard your plane went down … English idioms
sweat bullets — be extremely nervous or agitated, be very anxious … English contemporary dictionary
sweat bullets (to) — Be very worried; to work very hard … American business jargon
sweat bullets — v. feel very tense or anxious … English slang
