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boiling hot

idiom
Meaning

Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).


Examples
SIMPLE

The coffee is boiling hot, so be careful.

CONTEXTUAL

We stayed inside all afternoon because the weather was boiling hot.

COMPLEX

After trekking across the desert under the boiling hot sun, the travelers finally reached the cool shade of the oasis.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    baking hot

    Very hot.

  2. 02

    blow hot air

    To engage in empty or exaggerated talk that lacks substance, credibility, or truth; to bluster.

  3. 03

    blow hot and cold

    To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.

  4. 04

    boiling frog

    A person who, or thing which, is in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril until it is too late.

  5. 05

    boiling mad

    extremely angry; furious.

  6. 06

    boiling point

    The state of being heated, with high aggression.

  7. 07

    come in hot

    To enter the scene of conflict quickly and aggressively.

  8. 08

    full of hot air

    Talking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.

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