Expressions with word hot

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In this English lesson, you will learn some interesting English expressions with the  word “HOT”, Hot usually refers to the weather or the temperature.  However, when this word is used in combination with some other words you get some really interesting English expressions that you can adopt in your everyday English communication..

Let’s look at what they are:

1) Hotline-a telephone line that gives quick and direct access to help or information

Different types of hotlines include Child protection services, Book my show,911 or a tourism hotline.

Eg: You can call the hotline for all the information you will need when you are on your vacation.  (As you can see this hotline refers to all the travel information you can get while you’re on holiday).

2) Hotbed-a place that provides very good conditions for something to grow and develop fully or in a wholesome way

Eg: Our Company is a hotbed for innovation.  The management always rewards people who come up with ideas that are out of the ordinary.

3) Hotshot-someone very skilled successful, might be arrogant showing off their success

Eg: She is some hotshot actress who rose to fame after some reality show she starred in

4) Hotheaded-easily angered

Eg: As children we were afraid of our father who was very hotheaded.  He would yell at us when we made the slightest mistakes

5) Selling like hotcakes-Referred to products which are sold very fast in the market and those which are very profitable

Eg: The new Apple iphone was selling like hotcakes.  The company grossed over 30 million in the first week of its launch.

6) Hotspot-This word has two different meaning and therefore, can be used in two different ways

A lively place which is popular (nightclub, coffee shop, busy tourist place)

Eg: Central Perk is apparently the hotspot on this side of the town.  We can talk over a cup of coffee over there after we’ve finished work.

An area with lots of violence, war, tension and conflict (strip of Gaza, border of Jammu-Kashmir)

Eg: After the Palestine war, the strip of Gaza which is a hotspot for violence is now considered to be uninhabitable.  Civilians are moving and to find safer accommodation facilities.

7) Hot button issues-a controversial topic makes people angry, passionate or emotional discussing about it (Sexuality, Abortion, Religion, Vegetarianism)

Eg: It’s better to keep hot button issues out of the way while conducting an interview.

Hot off the press-Newly released book or a book that has been recently printed and released

Eg: Harry Potter fans were waiting in line outside the store to get their hands on the last book of their favorite author which came hot off the press today morning.

9) Full of hot air-a person who takes too much nonsense, a person who shouldn’t be taken seriously

Eg: Please ignore Mr.Waters, he is just full of hot air.

10) In hot water-getting in trouble for doing something wrong

Eg: You better study well or you will be in hot water when your exams approach.

11) Having the hots for someone-being romantically or Sexually attracted to someone.

Eg: Poor Harry had the hots for his neighbor ever since he was 19, but was too shy to do anything about it.

12) Hot on someone’s heels-someone is following closely behind

Eg: The thief won’t get too far; the police are hot on their heels since last night.

We are having a very hot summer, in fact we do nothing but talk about how hot it is every day and we are always waiting for the weather forecast in case they tell us that the temperatures are going to drop a little. Unfortunately, just when we think we have reached the limit of heat that can be withstood, we realise that the temperature can still rise a few more degrees.

What can we do about it? Well, we can be patient, look for cool places, if there are any, and repeat over and over again that this ordeal will soon be over.

In the meantime, we’ll learn English, which won’t help to cool us down, but at least it will distract us a bit from the unbearable heat.

Expressions to describe how hot it is.

We are having quite a heatwave (a period of unusually hot weather, especially one that continues for a long time), and when this happens we say that it is extremely hot, it’s boiling / scorching / baking / roasting hot. We can say that «it looks like we are in for a hot one» when we want to express that it will soon be very hot; or that «the sun is beating down«, which means that the sun shines very brightly and the weather is hot. When we enter a place and we want to tell people that it’s hot outside, we can use the expression: «It’s a hot one out there».

When the heat is intense, humid and suffocating we say: «It’s muggy today» and we tend to «sweat buckets«. We will try to «beat the heat» as best we can, whether at the beach or at the swimming pool. Of course, let’s «stay out of the sun» in the middle of the day and protect our skin with a good sunscreen.

Now that we have talked about heat, it is time to learn other uses of the word hot, which is also found in certain expressions. Let’s look at some of them:

1. A hot issue / topic. A subject that a lot of people are discussing, especially one that causes a lot of disagreement.
Global warming has become a very hot topic over the last few years.

2. Hot off the press. Newly printed or published.
We’ve just received a copy of her latest book, hot off the press.

3. Blow hot and cold. To keep changing your attitude towards someone or something
I can’t tell what he wants — he keeps blowing hot and cold.

4. Get hot under the collar. To become angry – used especially when people get angry in an unreasonable way about something that is not important.
You don’t need to get hot under the collar. I didn’t mean to offend you.

5. Too hot to handle. Too difficult or dangerous to get involved with.
This situation is too hot to handle.

6. Hot and bothered. Upset and confused, for example because you have too much to do.
She was struggling with her bags and cases, looking hot and bothered.

7. Sell like hot cakes. To sell quickly and in large amounts.
These T-shirts are selling like hot cakes.

8. Get into hot water. To be in trouble because they have done something wrong.
You’ll get into hot water if you are caught cheating in an exam.

9. In the hot seat. In a position in which one must face intense questioning, criticism, punishment, or scrutiny.
The director will be in the hot seat for the recent scandal.

10. Be like a cat on hot bricks. To be anxious and unable to sit still or relax.
I will be like a cat on hot bricks till I know my marks.

горячий, жаркий, горячо, жарко, горячить, нагревать, пустая болтовня

прилагательное ↓

наречие ↓

глагол

- разг. (тж. hot up) разогревать, подогревать, нагревать
- разжигать, раздувать; усиливать
- оживлять, вливать новую жизнь

Словосочетания

a hot young guitar player — страстный молодой гитарист  
a hot piece of software — обалденная программа  
one of the hot young talents — один из этих юных дарований  
a hot week on the stock market — горячая неделя на фондовом рынке  
to bend hot — гнуть в горячем состоянии  
hot-water bottle — грелка  
a journal box is hot — букса горит  
to go / sell like hot cakes — раскупаться, продаваться нарасхват  
to drink hot chocolate — выпить горячего шоколада  
to get hot under the collar — рассердиться, выйти из себя  
fanny full of hot tea — полная кружка горячего чая  
hot-air furnace — печь, работающая на горячем воздухе  

Примеры с переводом

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Фразовые глаголы

hot up — нагревать, подогревать, усиливать, разжигать, усиливаться, раскаляться

Возможные однокоренные слова

hotty  — грелка
hotly  — горячо, жарко, пылко, страстно, остро, с перцем, с жаром, взволнованно
hottish  — довольно горячий

Формы слова

adjective
срав. степ. (comparative): hotter
прев. степ. (superlative): hottest