hotter than a pistol
Adjective
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Adjective
hotter than a pistol
- (set phrase) Very hot.
- 2008, Dorothy Garlock, A Place Called Rainwater, ISBN 9780446548939, Google preview ↗:
- "Warm day out there on the highway. . . . It's only June. By the Fourth it'll be hotter than a pistol around here."
- 2008, Dorothy Garlock, A Place Called Rainwater, ISBN 9780446548939, Google preview ↗:
- (idiomatic, chiefly, US, Canada) Exceptionally popular, productive, or marketable.
- 1988, Steve Turner (writer), "Interview with Johnny Cash ↗" in The Man Called CASH (2005, ISBN 9781418578091):
- "Carl Perkins and I were in Amory, Mississippi, with Elvis. Now Elvis, of course, was hotter than a pistol. He had his second record out."
- 1993 September 12, Claudia H. Deutsch, "Commercial Property/Analyzing Trends ↗," New York Times (retrieved 10 Jan 2018):
- Leasing activity is frenzied throughout Manhattan. . . . "Broadway is hotter than a pistol and you have to shoehorn your way into SoHo," reports Faith H. Consolo.
- 2015 October 20, Norris McDonald, "Autos: Racing Roundup ↗," The Star (Canada) (retrieved 10 Jan 2018):
- Joey Logano, who's hotter than a pistol, won the NASCAR Chase race at Kansas Sunday.
- 1988, Steve Turner (writer), "Interview with Johnny Cash ↗" in The Man Called CASH (2005, ISBN 9781418578091):
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