sweat blood
Also, sweat one's guts out. Work diligently or strenuously, as in The men were sweating blood to finish the roof before the storm hit. The phrase using guts was first used about 1890, and that with blood shortly thereafter.
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How to use sweat blood in a sentence
During the hysterical attacks she sweat blood from the surface of her cheeks and belly.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThat's just it—just the way I figured it—something he knew was risky—something that made him sweat blood.
The Winning Clue | James Hay, Jr.He felt slightly nauseated; then a quick, griping pain which was a forerunner of others which were to make him sweat blood.
'Me-Smith' | Caroline LockhartAll because the old man brings a skirt on board, we have to sweat blood in the forepeak!
The Pagan Madonna | Harold MacGrathThe railroad can't afford to have the courts against it, and McVickar will be made to sweat blood this heat.
The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush | Francis Lynde
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