in a cold sweat
Feeling nervous or terrified, as in When I looked over the cliff, I broke out in a cold sweat. This expression refers to perspiring accompanied by a feeling of cold, which can be induced by acute fear as well as by fever. [Late 1700s]
Words nearby in a cold sweat
in a bad mood,
in a bad way,
in a big way,
in a bind,
in a breeze,
in a cold sweat,
in a dither,
in a fix,
in a flash,
in a flutter,
in a fog