sweat of one's brow

Meaning: (idiomatic)Theeffortextendedin (oftenmanual)labour, and thevaluecreatedthereby.Synonyms:(obsolete)sweat of one's brows,sweat of one's face1922February,James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, inUlysses, Paris:Shakespeare and Company,[…],→OCLC, part II[Odyssey],page285:So anyhow Terry brought the three pints Joe was standing and begob the sight nearly left my eyes when I saw him land out a quid. O, as true as I'm telling you. A goodlooking sovereign. / ― And there's more where that came from, says he. / ― Were you robbing the poorbox, Joe? say I? / ―Sweat of my brow, says Joe. 'Twas the prudent member gave me the wheeze.1991March 27,Sandra Day O'Connorwriting for theSupreme Court of the United StatesinFeist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co.:Making matters worse, these courts developed a new theory to justify the protection of factual compilations. Known alternatively as "sweat of the brow" or "industrious collection," the underlying notion was that copyright was a reward for the hard work that went into compiling facts.

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