sweat of the brow
hard work, labour
TRANSLATION
sweat of the brow = im Schweiße seines Angesichts --- GOOGLE INDEX sweat of the brow: approximately 250,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The formula that citizens must not starve in a land of plenty became for many a means of living off the government rather than by the SWEAT OF THE BROW.
- Upton Close, American journalist and author
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He tills the soil and plants the seeds to feed his hungry land the farmer the farmer
With a hoe, a shovel, and a turnin' plow, makin' his livin' by the SWEAT OF THE BROW
- from the song "Farmer" by country & western singer Porter Wagner
- Upton Close, American journalist and author
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He tills the soil and plants the seeds to feed his hungry land the farmer the farmer
With a hoe, a shovel, and a turnin' plow, makin' his livin' by the SWEAT OF THE BROW
- from the song "Farmer" by country & western singer Porter Wagner
Did you
know?
sweat of the brow
idiom
- if you earn the money that you use to live on by the sweat of your brow, you earn it yourself, by doing hard, often physical work
(Cambridge Idioms Dictionary)
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The Bible has many references to "sweat of the brow," most of which have to do with the concept of working hard to earn one's "bread." Back when the Bible was written, work usually meant farming or physical work. For many of today's modern workers, earning one's bread does not necessarily require sweating by the brow, but rather cramped fingers and bad backs from sitting in front of a computer for much of the day. Still, the idea that earning a living demands hard work that results in a sweaty brow lives on.
In copyright law, the so-called sweat of the brow doctrine is an intellectual property principle in which an author gains rights through simple diligence during the creation of a work, such as a database, or a directory. Substantial creativity or "originality" is not required.
Under a sweat of the brow doctrine, the creator of a copyrighted work, even if it is completely unoriginal, is entitled to have his effort and expense protected, and no one else may use such a work without permission, but must instead recreate the work by independent research or effort. The classic example is a telephone directory.
In a "sweat of the brow" jurisdiction, such a directory may not be copied, but instead a competitor must independently collect the information to issue a competing directory. The same rule generally applies to databases and lists of facts.
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"I built up my own business by the sweat of the brow."
idiom
- if you earn the money that you use to live on by the sweat of your brow, you earn it yourself, by doing hard, often physical work
(Cambridge Idioms Dictionary)
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The Bible has many references to "sweat of the brow," most of which have to do with the concept of working hard to earn one's "bread." Back when the Bible was written, work usually meant farming or physical work. For many of today's modern workers, earning one's bread does not necessarily require sweating by the brow, but rather cramped fingers and bad backs from sitting in front of a computer for much of the day. Still, the idea that earning a living demands hard work that results in a sweaty brow lives on.
In copyright law, the so-called sweat of the brow doctrine is an intellectual property principle in which an author gains rights through simple diligence during the creation of a work, such as a database, or a directory. Substantial creativity or "originality" is not required.
Under a sweat of the brow doctrine, the creator of a copyrighted work, even if it is completely unoriginal, is entitled to have his effort and expense protected, and no one else may use such a work without permission, but must instead recreate the work by independent research or effort. The classic example is a telephone directory.
In a "sweat of the brow" jurisdiction, such a directory may not be copied, but instead a competitor must independently collect the information to issue a competing directory. The same rule generally applies to databases and lists of facts.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I built up my own business by the sweat of the brow."
