Re: a riddle

Just a very brief way of saying something to the
effect of 'the work was so easy that I didn't even
need to break a sweat to do it". No sweat involved in
the work, basically. 'Sweat' is a noun in this case.

'Least, that's how I'd parse it.

--- Rodlox <Rodlox@...> skrev:
> Person A: "Are you sure this isn't too much work for
> you?"
> Person B: "No sweat."
>
> ...what would you think 'sweat' was? *curious* it's
> not a verb, and I doubt its a noun...a simile or
> metaphor, or shorthand for "no hardship" ?
>
>  thoughts?

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