sweat in or with ?

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paris 06

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What preposition is appropriate in the following case? Is "with" usable or "in"?

- Don't sweat with your chores
 

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Neither with or in works.

Don't sweat while doing your chores.
 

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Don't sweat over your chores:?:
 

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Don't sweat [ whatever ] can be an idiom to mean "Don't worry about [ whatever ]."

As in, don't sweat the small stuff, don't sweat this project, etc.
 

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Don't sweat [ whatever ] can be an idiom to mean "Don't worry about [ whatever ]."
As in, don't sweat the small stuff, don't sweat this project, etc.
I am visiting our former colonies on the other side of the pond in about ten days' time. I am beginning to get a little concerned - will I understand a word they say?

'Don't sweat the small stuff'. Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs
 

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I've never heard that one, but I suppose you could say "Don't sweat your chores". The main thing is that the person you are talking to understands what you are saying.

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