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
Emilio	e-MEE-lyo (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Kay (3)	KIE (Swedish)	Frisian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Brandee	BRAN-dee	English
Birgit	BIR-git (Swedish)	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German
Wilfri&Eth;	-	Anglo-Saxon
Aleksandar	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian