sweat of one's brow
Example Sentences
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I am a farmer in the 300-to-400-acre bracket, and it is not enough anymore to work by the sweat of one's brow.
From Time Magazine Archive
It may be all very meritorious to eat one's bread in the sweat of one's brow.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. by Heyse, Paul
And what is eating one's bread in the sweat of one's brow but making money?
From North America — Volume 1 by Trollope, Anthony
The literalness of the saying "making a living by the sweat of one's brow" dawned upon her for the first time.
From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Hornblow, Arthur
To gain one's bread by the sweat of one's brow, is a curse.
From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah
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