sweat bullets. “It makes the job easier to do because you’re not sweating bullets out there,” he said. “And in Georgia, you can imagine how hot it gets.”

 

But about two months ago, Mr. Burton, 46, became one of the first letter carriers in the United States to get a long-awaited upgrade: a new electric mail truck with air conditioning, a 360-degreee camera and a sliding cargo door on the side that allows the unloading of packages directly onto the sidewalk.

“It makes the job easier to do because you’re not sweating bullets out there,” he said. “And in Georgia, you can imagine how hot it gets.”

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(intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious. He was sweating bullets about the exam all week.