Meaning: Liquid is falling in drops from his face.
Choice of Words: "Sweat" is a liquid that comes out of your skin when you are hot. "Drips" means to fall in drops. "Face" is the front part of your head.
Alternative Expressions
The boy's face was covered in sweat.
Meaning: This means that the boy was sweating a lot because he was hot. It's like saying, The boy was so hot that his face was completely covered in sweat.
Choice of Words:Boy is a young male child. Face is the front part of our head. Covered means to have something spread over you. Sweat is a liquid that comes out of our bodies when we're hot. When you put them together, "The boy's face was covered in sweat" means that the boy's face was completely covered in sweat because he was hot.
The man wiped the sweat from his brow.
Meaning: This means that the man was sweating a lot because he was hot, and he wiped the sweat off his forehead. It's like saying, The man was so hot that he had to wipe the sweat off his forehead.
Choice of Words:Man is an adult male human. Wiped means to rub something with a cloth or your hand to clean or dry it. Sweat is a liquid that comes out of our bodies when we're hot. Brow is the part of your face above your eyes. When you put them together, "The man wiped the sweat from his brow" means that the man used a cloth or his hand to rub the sweat off his forehead because he was hot.