捏一把汗 (niē yī bǎ) — entrar em suor frio (de preocupação ou antecipação); estar extremamente nervoso (geralmente em nome de outra pessoa)

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Exemplos

• 看他在台上演讲，我为他捏一把汗。
  Kàn tā zài tái shàng yǎn jiǎng, wǒ wèi tā niē yī bǎ.
  Watching him give a speech on stage, I was nervous for him.
• 比赛最后几秒钟，大家都为队员捏一把汗。
  Bǐ sài zuì hòu jǐ miǎo zhōng, dà jiā dōu wèi duì yuán niē yī bǎ.
  In the last few seconds of the game, everyone was on tenterhooks for the players.
• 他开车太快了，坐在旁边的人直捏一把汗。
  Tā kāi chē tài kuài le, zuò zài páng biān de rén zhí niē yī bǎ.
  He drove so fast that the person sitting next to him was breaking into a cold sweat.