Blood Sweat & Tears

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
BST
Pronunciation
/bləd swɛt tɪrz/
Category
Community
Related Field
Music

Examples in Context

  1. What he actually said was I can promise you Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears. Because of the rule of three we simply remember it as Blood sweat and tears.
  2. A classic example of the rule of three was Winston Churchills famous Blood, Sweat and Tears speech. He is widely attributed as saying I can promise you nothing but blood sweat and tears.
  3. Why do apparently sane people go through all the blood, sweat, tears and heartache involved in getting a PhD?
  4. Always their blood and sweat and tears as we sought the way and the light and the truth.
  5. The people who believed in the Wright brothers'dream, worked with them with blood and sweat and tears.

Other meanings of BST