Meaning of blood, sweat and tears | Babel Free

Definitions

A person's determination and hard work.

idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“We've poured lots of blood, sweat, and tears into this project.”

“[…] for if Princes could keep their own, and that which juſtly belongeth unto them, they could not be urged to draw ſuch extraordinary Subſidies from the blood, ſweat, and tears of their people-; […]”

“She concludes: "I have put blood, sweat and tears into this business. I am genuinely more excited now than I have ever been. I plan to stick around."”

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