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Meaning of sweat bullets | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious.

idiomatic, intransitive, slang

Equivalents

Deutsch Blut und Wasser schwitzen
Suomi hikoilla kuin sika
Français suer à grosses gouttes
Nederlands peentjes zweten
Polski spocić się jak mysz
Português suar em bica

Examples

“He was sweating bullets about the exam all week.”
“Started sweating bullets when her dad asked, "How d'you really feel?" She said, "I've been feeling like something inside me wants to scream[…]"”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sweat it out sweat like a hooker in church sweat like a horse sweat like a nigger sweat like a nigger on election day sweat like a pig

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