By the sweat of his brow
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:22 am
Hello, dear friends! Thank you for joining me for this new episode of the Authentic French podcast. Today, I will explain to you the meaning of a French idiomatic expression, as we do every Sunday. This expression is "à la sweat de son brow". We can also say "à la sweat de mon brow". It depends a little on the person who is speaking. You will understand.
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Let's go back to our expression "by the sweat of one's brow" or "by the sweat of my brow". So, we're going to explain the two major words, "sweat" and "brow".
The word "sweat" is a colorless liquid, so it's transparent, it's colorless, which is salty. If you ever taste sweat or have sweat on your tongue, you're going to smell salt. This liquid comes out or comes from our skin. We have little holes in our skin called "pores". And when it's hot, when our body is too hot, it becomes dangerous for it, eh. Our body must remain at a certain temperature. So the human mechanism is to make liquid, therefore sweat, come out through our skin to cool us down a little, so that our body temperature drops.
Before that, a little reminder since there are two great things to discover in the description, there are two links. The first one takes you to the PDF file that accompanies this episode and which allows you to review a little the meaning of the words, the meaning of the expression and the different examples.
And of course, the second link, for once, will belgium whatsapp number data allow you to join the waiting list for the Authentic French Academy . You know that the academy is the big project of Authentic French, the priority project, to support our members on a daily basis via exclusive content but also via Zoom meetings with our tutors, well we need to limit registrations. That's why 90% of the year, registrations for the Authentic French Academy are closed. It's really a guarantee of quality. But on October 3rd, registrations will open again. And to make sure you don't miss them, you can sign up for the waiting list and take the opportunity to discover everything the academy will do for you. The link is in the description.
Let's go back to our expression "by the sweat of one's brow" or "by the sweat of my brow". So, we're going to explain the two major words, "sweat" and "brow".
The word "sweat" is a colorless liquid, so it's transparent, it's colorless, which is salty. If you ever taste sweat or have sweat on your tongue, you're going to smell salt. This liquid comes out or comes from our skin. We have little holes in our skin called "pores". And when it's hot, when our body is too hot, it becomes dangerous for it, eh. Our body must remain at a certain temperature. So the human mechanism is to make liquid, therefore sweat, come out through our skin to cool us down a little, so that our body temperature drops.