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Sweating Bullets

Posted by ESC on June 02, 2000

In Reply to: Sweating Bullets posted by DanielCohen on June 01, 2000

: My guess is that the phrase "Sweating Bullets" is simply a colourful metaphor to illustrate the degree of stress it would take to sweat so much.

: Can anyone tell me more about this phrase? When and where did it originate?

: Thank you. This is such an interesting forum!

: Daniel

I couldn't find this phrase anywhere. But it occurred to me that maybe this term came from cartooning. You know, when the character has sweat drops (or bullets) coming off him or her. Who knows a cartoonist we can ask?

Or maybe it's linked to another, more vulgar phrase. Sweating bullets and s#*ting nails. Kind of a hardware theme. Just a thought!

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