# boiling hot

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/boiling-hot
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

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

## Examples

- The coffee is boiling hot, so be careful.
- We stayed inside all afternoon because the weather was boiling hot.
- After trekking across the desert under the boiling hot sun, the travelers finally reached the cool shade of the oasis.

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