blood sweat and tears
Total exhausting commitment
Blood, sweat, and tears represents the full measure of human effort—physical labor, mental strain, and emotional sacrifice.
Churchill famously promised the British people "blood, toil, tears and sweat" during World War II, and the compressed form has become the standard expression for exhaustive dedication: She put blood, sweat, and tears into building that company.
Often used to emphasize that success came at real personal cost.
- hard workSustained strenuous effort
- elbow greaseStrenuous physical effort
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- passionIntense emotional drive
- successFavorable outcome attained
determination · hardship · trial by fire · grit · heartache · devotion · suffering · persistence · long haul · endurance · martyrdom · steadfastness · tenacity · victory · commitment · toil · nose to the grindstone · burning the midnight oil
- labor idiomsnose to the grindstone, burning the midnight oil, pull your weight, crunch time, work like a dog
- Political Quotesall men are created equal, Gettysburg Address, Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, nothing to fear
- perseverancepersist, never give up, tenacity, hang in there, endurance
blood sweat and tearseffortlessness
Quality of seeming unstrained
ease · breeze · cakewalk · walk in the park · coasting
blood sweat and tearseasy street
State of financial security
instant gratification · overnight success · windfall · stroke of luck · lucky break
blood sweat and tearspainlessness
Lack of physical suffering
comfort · self-indulgence · taking it easy · going through the motions · phoning it in
blood, sweat, tears, bloody, bloodied, bloodying, bloods, bloodless, bleeding