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Idioms and Phrases
Perspire 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]Discover More
Example Sentences
My friend Danny, for example, would sweat bullets while sitting at his position.
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