Blood-sweat-tears meaning in English

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Definition

I have nothing to offer but blood, sweat and tears: The only thing I can give you is very hard work, a huge effort! idiom

Examples

  • "I believed that nothing but blood, sweat and tears would get my business off the ground."
Exercise 1
True or false? Harold tells his audience that hard work is the only thing needed to make a successful business.
True or false? Harold tells his audience that hard work is the only thing needed to make a successful business.
This is the correct answer: the statement is false. Harold says that at first he believed "that nothing but blood, sweat and tears" (this means hard work) would help him build up his business. He uses the past tense and says he was wrong to believe this: "But that wasn't enough." Harold then goes on to talk about the importance of networking.
This is incorrect. The statement is false.

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