the condition where extreme fear or nervousness causes a person to feel a chill along with moist skin or sweat
a situation when a person is extremely afraid, nervous or anxious
sweating caused by nervousness, fear or sickness
I woke up from a nightmare, breathing heavy and in cold sweat.
The hostages were in a cold sweat as they saw the hijacker pointing a gun on the air-hostess.
Just thinking about the whole situation makes me break out in a cold sweat.
She broke out in a cold sweat as she read the last warning notice from the bank about the loan repayment.
Every member of the dysfunctional family was in cold sweat as the lawyer opened the father’s will.
There is no origin for this idiom
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