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cold sweat
noun
- a chill accompanied by perspiration, caused by fear, nervousness, or the like.
cold sweat
noun
- informal.a bodily reaction to fear or nervousness, characterized by chill and moist skin
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cold sweat1
Idioms and Phrases
see in a cold sweat .Example Sentences
I awoke in a cold sweat, comforted by the realization that I was still at home.
鈥淚 swear I broke out in a cold sweat.鈥
鈥淲hen I think about it, I still break into cold sweat,鈥 he said, adding that he has struggled with mental illness since his release.
I woke in a cold sweat of reality.
Everything in this forest is drenched in a cold sweat: the stiff pine needles, the skinny twigs, the leafy ferns.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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