sweat = der Schweiß
sweatshop = Ausbeutungsbetrieb
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Gap and Nike: No Sweat? The two hugely successful international brands claim that regular monitoring ensures that most factories are free of unethical working practices.
(BBC News - October 15th 2000)
Did you know?
sweatshop
A shop or factory in which employees work long hours at low wages under poor conditions.
Common sweat phrases:
to be all in a sweat = durchgeschwitzt sein to sweat out = ausschwitzen to be in a cold sweat = Blut und Wasser schwitzen to break out in a sweat = in Schweiß ausbrechen to soak with sweat = durchschwitzen, verschwitzt to work up a sweat = ins Schwitzen geraten No sweat! [coll.] = Kein Problem! Kein Stress! drenched in sweat = schweißgebadet No sweet without sweat = Ohne Fleiß kein Preis bead of sweat = die Schweißperle cold sweat = der Angstschweiß drop of sweat = der Schweißtropfen night sweat [med.] = der Nachtschweiß secretion of sweat [physiol.] = die Schweißsekretion smell of sweat = der Schweißgeruch sweat bath = das Schwitzbad sweat-mill = die Tretmühle sweat pore = die Schweißpore sweat suit = der Trainingsanzug