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Dudumuzik Posted 19 years ago
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why sweat the difference

What does "sweat" mean here?I am sort of puzzled with it.

You may wonder how a privately owned outdoor mall can be the equivalent to Times Square, but as my friends remind me, is easily mistaken for a mall nowadays, so why sweat the difference?
  

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I am sort of puzzled with it. You may wonder how a privately owned outdoor mall can be the equivalent to Times Square, but as my New York friends remind me, Times Square is easily mistaken for a mall nowadays, so why sweat the difference? ' The underlying idea is that you sweat when you worry a lot, although I'm not sure if that's true.

  • I am sort of puzzled with it.
  • You may wonder how a privately owned outdoor mall can be the equivalent to Times Square, but as my New York friends remind me, Times Square is easily mistaken for a mall nowadays, so why sweat the difference?
  • ' The underlying idea is that you sweat when you worry a lot, although I'm not sure if that's true.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

What does "sweat" mean here?I am sort of puzzled with it.

You may wonder how a privately owned outdoor mall can be the equivalent to Times Square, but as my New York friends remind me, Times Square is easily mistaken for a mall nowadays, so why sweat the difference?

It's a slang expression that means 'Why w
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Or:
why bother about the difference

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