亚洲网紅露点

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cold sweat

noun

  1. a chill accompanied by perspiration, caused by fear, nervousness, or the like.


cold sweat

noun

  1. informal.
    a bodily reaction to fear or nervousness, characterized by chill and moist skin
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cold sweat1

First recorded in 1700鈥10
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Idioms and Phrases

see in a cold sweat .
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I awoke in a cold sweat, comforted by the realization that I was still at home.

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鈥淚 swear I broke out in a cold sweat.鈥

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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.

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I woke in a cold sweat of reality.

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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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