blood, sweat and tears

English

Alternative forms

• blood, sweat, and tears

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. (idiomatic) A person's determination and hard work.

Translations

person's determination and hard work

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血汗 (zh) (xuèhàn) (lit. "blood and sweat")

• Danish: blod, sved og tårer
• Dutch: bloed, zweet en tranen
• Finnish: verta, hikeä ja kyyneleitä
• German: Blut, Schweiß und Tränen
• Korean: 피 땀 눈물 (pi ttam nunmul)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blod, svette og tårer

  Nynorsk: blod, sveitte og tårer

• Russian: упорный труд и усердие (upornyj trud i userdije)
• Spanish: sangre, sudor y lágrimas
• Swedish: blod, svett och tårar