sweat bullets

verb

sweat bullets

verb

1

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

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[…]"2021, Arlo Parks, “Hurt”:

Synonyms: shit bricks, sweat blood, sweat like a pig

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