H
Idioms beginning with "H"
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[hot number] {n.}, {slang}
A person or thing noticed as newer, better, or more popular than others.
The boys and girls thought that song was a hot number.
The new car that Bob is driving is a real hot number.
* /John invented a new can opener […]
[hot off the press] {adj. phr.}
Just appeared in print.
This is the latest edition of the Chicago Tribune; it's hot off the press.
[hot one] {n.}, {slang}, {informal}
Something out of the ordinary; something exceptional, such as a joke, a person whether in terms of looks or intelligence.
Joe's joke sure was a hot one.
Sue is a hot one, isn't she?
[hot potato] {n.}, {informal}
A question that causes strong argument and is difficult to settle.
Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the 1960s.
[hot rod] {n.}, {informal}
An older automobile changed so that it can gain speed quickly and go very fast.
Hot rods are used by young people especially in drag racing.
[hot seat] {n.}, {slang}
1. The electric chair used to cause death by electrocution in legal executions.
Many a man has controlled a murderous rage when he thought of the hot seat.
2. {informal}
A position in which you can easily get into […]
[hot stuff] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon}
Coffee.
Let's stop and get some hot stuff.
[hot under the collar] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
Angry.
Mary gets hot under the collar if you joke about women drivers.
Tom got hot under the collar when his teacher punished him.
[hot water] {n.} {informal}
Trouble. — Used with "in", "into", "out", "of".
John's thoughtless remark about religion got John into a lot of hot water.
It was the kind of trouble where it takes a friend to get you out of hot water.