sweat bullets

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sweat bullets (third-person singular simple present sweats bullets, present participle sweating bullets, simple past and past participle sweated bullets)

1. (intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious.

   He was sweating bullets about the exam all week.

   • 2021, Arlo Parks (lyrics and music), “Hurt”:

     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 […] "

• shit bricks
• sweat blood
• sweat like a pig