We had a voicemail from Lita Longa and she says that in her native Cuba if you want to say somebody’s working really hard you can say that they are sudando tinta. That is their sweating ink.
Oh, I love it.
You know, especially for writers.
Yeah, perfect. Sweating ink.
Sweating ink all afternoon.
Trying to meet that deadline.
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