Translations for „cold sweat“ in the English » German Dictionary

cold ˈsweat N

cold sweat

kalter Schweiß

to put sb in a cold sweat

jdn in Angst und Schrecken versetzen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to sweat off a cold/flu

eine Erkältung/Grippe ausschwitzen

to put sb in a cold sweat

jdn in Angst und Schrecken versetzen

just thinking about the exams brings me out in a cold sweat

wenn ich nur ans Examen denke, bricht mir der kalte Schweiß aus

when I heard the noise I broke out in a cold sweat

als ich das Geräusch hörte, brach mir der kalte Schweiß aus

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Nausea may be defined as an unpleasant sensation of the need to vomit, which is often accompanied by symptoms such as skin pallor, cold sweat, salivation, and tachycardia.

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And then, there's the kind of work dream that awakens us from our sleep in a cold sweat.

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Women tend to have more atypical symptoms of heart attack than men, such as nausea, fatigue, and breaking out in a cold sweat.

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Cold sweat covered his forehead.

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The poet wakes up in a cold sweat and decides to take action.

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The thought of actually making or embroidering something brings me out in a cold sweat.

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Of terminal bed sheets sticky with cold sweat and sputum.

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I'm breaking into a cold sweat just talking about it on the phone.

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I break into a cold sweat.

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He wakes in the night in a cold sweat and puts something on paper that looks silly in the morning.

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