sweat like a pig

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

(simile) To sweat profusely; to produce a lot of perspiration.
Synonym: sweat bullets

Translations

sweat profusely

Chinese:
Mandarin: 全身冒汗 (quánshēn màohàn) (to sweat all body)
Dutch: zweten als een otter
Finnish: hikoilla kuin sika
French: suer comme un bœuf (fr), suer à grosses gouttes (fr)
Galician: suar coma un porco, suar coma un cabalo
German: schwitzen wie ein Schwein
Norwegian: svette som en gris
Polish: pocić się jak mysz impf, spocić się jak mysz (pl) pf
Russian: поте́ть как свинья́ impf (potétʹ kak svinʹjá), вспоте́ть как свинья́ pf (vspotétʹ kak svinʹjá)
Spanish: sudar como un pollo
Swedish: svettas som en gris
Yiddish: שוויצן ווי אַ חזיר (shvitsn vi a khazer), שוויצן ווי אַ ביבער (shvitsn vi a biber)

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