Sweating bullets

Meaning

This describes being extremely nervous or under intense pressure. It implies that the person is perspiring heavily due to anxiety rather than actual heat.

Anxious, colorful

Used in a sentence

• I was sweating bullets waiting for the boss to finish reviewing my presentation.
• Stop sweating bullets, they are just going to ask you about your experience.
• He was sweating bullets while the mechanic opened the hood of his old truck.