MEME REFERENCE

sweating bullets

Use sweating bullets when someone endures pressure, waiting, or bad news with a revealing emotional response.

What it expresses

Pressure reveals composure: the central figure’s pressure reveals composure posture in sweating bullets represents a moment where someone endures pressure, waiting, or bad news with a revealing emotional response.

Example

For example, the build freezes at ninety-nine percent before the deadline; the visual analogy is the central figure’s pressure reveals composure posture in sweating bullets, signaling that someone endures pressure, waiting, or bad news with a revealing emotional response.

When not to use it

Avoid when there is no pressure, delay, or risk; the central figure’s pressure reveals composure posture in sweating bullets would incorrectly signal that someone endures pressure, waiting, or bad news with a revealing emotional response.

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