in a sweat

in a (cold) sweat

very frightened or anxious I dreamed I'd left the tickets at home and woke up in a cold sweat. Just the thought of addressing all those people is enough to bring me out in a cold sweat. (= make me feel very anxious)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Daciana	dah-CHYAHN-ah	Romanian
TighearnÁN	TEER-nawn	Irish
NoËL	no-EL	French
AbigÉL	AW-bee-gayl	Hungarian
Peregrine	PER-ə-grin, PER-ə-green	English (Rare)
Lycurgus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)