break a sweat

English

To start sweating.
- 2001, Karon Karter, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Pilates Method‎, →ISBN, page 119:
  Are you feeling stronger and more energetic, and even—dare I say it—breaking a sweat? No, not a pink-faced, dripping sweat; nevertheless, a little dewy under the arms and around your forehead.
(idiomatic) To put effort into something.
He succeeded effortlessly, without breaking a sweat.
- 2008 January 17, Richard Hinds, "Walkovers blaze a trail for women's equal-pay theory" The Age (Australia):
  Consider, for instance, that Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Marat Safin and even the supposedly out-of-sorts Lleyton Hewitt all won the opening set of their first-round matches 6-0 before barely breaking a sweat in the two sets that followed.

to start sweating

to put effort into something

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Mandarin: 费劲 (zh)
Portuguese: esforçar-se
Russian: приложи́ть уси́лия pf (priložítʹ usílija), пошевели́ть па́льцем (poševelítʹ pálʹcem)
Spanish: sudar la gota gorda
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