sweat of your brow — If you earn or achieve something by the sweat of your brow, you do it through hard work and no help. I got a comfortable lifestyle by the sweat of my brow I owe it to nobody but myself! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
by the sweat of your brow — formal phrase by working very hard Thesaurus: words used to describe effortsynonym Main entry: sweat * * * by the sweat of your brow : by doing hard, physical work He earned his money by the sweat … Useful english dictionary
by the sweat of your brow — by the sweat of (your) brow literary if you earn the money that you use to live on by the sweat of your brow, you earn it yourself, by doing hard, often physical work. A decent, hard working man, he supported his family by the sweat of his brow … New idioms dictionary
Sweat of the brow — In a traditional English idiom, the sweat of one s brow refers to the effort expended in labor, and the value created thereby. [ Merriam Webster s Third International Dictionary ] [citeweb|url=http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi… … Wikipedia
by the sweat of your brow — formal by working very hard … English dictionary
sweat — sweat1 [ swet ] noun uncount * 1. ) liquid that forms on your skin when you are hot: She wiped the sweat off her forehead with a towel. Jeff s T shirt was soaked in sweat. 2. ) INFORMAL hard work: A lot of sweat went into making this project a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sweat */ — I UK [swet] / US noun [uncountable] 1) liquid that forms on your skin when you are hot She wiped the sweat off her forehead with a towel. Jeff s T shirt was soaked in sweat. 2) informal hard work A lot of sweat went into making this project a… … English dictionary
brow — [ brau ] noun count * 1. ) LITERARY the part of your face above your eyes: FOREHEAD: mop your brow (=wipe the sweat from your forehead): He mopped his brow with his handkerchief. furrow/wrinkle/crease your brow (=look worried or as if you are… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
by the sweat of brow — by the sweat of (your) brow literary if you earn the money that you use to live on by the sweat of your brow, you earn it yourself, by doing hard, often physical work. A decent, hard working man, he supported his family by the sweat of his brow … New idioms dictionary
Brow — (brou), n. [OE. browe, bruwe, AS. br[=u]; akin to AS. br[=ae]w, bre[ a]w, eyelid, OFries. br[=e], D. braauw, Icel. br[=a], br[=u]n, OHG. pr[=a]wa, G. braue, OSlav. br[u^]v[i^], Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir. & Gael. abhra, Armor. abrant, Gr. ofry s,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
