Sweating glasses
Since neither of us had ever tasted a mint julep, the waiter was summoned to bring us a couple of sweating glasses of the drink.
Hi, sweating glasses=the drink overruns the brink of the glasses? Is it an idiomatic phrase?
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I understand it to mean that the glasses were cold and hence condensation formed on the outer surfaces. I don't personally think it is a very successful analogy since we sweat when we are hot, not when we are cold.
- I understand it to mean that the glasses were cold and hence condensation formed on the outer surfaces.
- I don't personally think it is a very successful analogy since we sweat when we are hot, not when we are cold.
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I understand it to mean that the glasses were cold and hence condensation formed on the outer surfaces. I don't personally think it is a very successful analogy since we sweat when we are hot, not when we are cold.
0No. The glasses were so cold that beads of condensation were running down the sides.
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