Meaning of sweat of one's brow | Babel Free
/ˈswɛt əv wɒnz ˈbɹaʊ/Definitions
The effort extended in (often manual) labour, and the value created thereby.
idiomatic, uncountable
Equivalents
Deutsch
im Schweiße seines Angesichts
Suomi
otsa hiessä
Français
à la sueur de son front
Italiano
col sudore della fronte
Nederlands
in het zweet zijns aanschijns
Polski
w pocie czoła
Português
com o suor do seu rosto
Svenska
i sitt anletes svett
Examples
“So anyhow Terry brought the three pints Joe was standing and begob the sight nearly left my eyes when I saw him land out a quid. O, as true as I'm telling you. A goodlooking sovereign. / ― And there's more where that came from, says he. / ― Were you robbing the poorbox, Joe? say I? / ― Sweat of my brow, says Joe. 'Twas the prudent member gave me the wheeze.”
“Making matters worse, these courts developed a new theory to justify the protection of factual compilations. Known alternatively as "sweat of the brow" or "industrious collection," the underlying notion was that copyright was a reward for the hard work that went into compiling facts.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.