blood, sweat and tears

a lot of effort and suffering This house is the result of 3 years' blood, sweat and tears.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cephas	SEE-fəs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Wealdm&Aelig;R	-	Anglo-Saxon
Dayaram	-	Indian, Hindi
Ioan	-	Romanian, Welsh, Bulgarian
Barak (2)	-	Arabic
Kianoush	-	Persian