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hot and heavy

idiom
Meaning

Passionate.


Examples
SIMPLE

They are getting pretty hot and heavy lately.

CONTEXTUAL

The couple was getting a bit hot and heavy in the corner of the crowded party.

COMPLEX

Their relationship became quite hot and heavy during the summer, though it cooled down significantly once the autumn arrived.

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 hot

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

  5. 05

    come in hot

    To enter the scene of conflict quickly and aggressively.

  6. 06

    full of hot air

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

  7. 07

    hang heavy

    To seem to pass slowly; to crawl.

  8. 08

    heavy as a dead donkey

    Very heavy.

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