This new movie is absolute hot garbage.
hot garbage
idiomAnything that is extremely bad, low-quality, or worthless.
Origin
disputed originFrom hot (“radioactive”) + garbage (“waste”). Originally a term for radioactive materials, it evolved as a descriptor for anything highly undesirable.
The report was full of errors and missing data, so the manager called it hot garbage.
After reading the poorly written manuscript, the editor dismissed the entire project as hot garbage that would never sell.
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baking hot
Very hot.
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blow hot air
To engage in empty or exaggerated talk that lacks substance, credibility, or truth; to bluster.
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blow hot and cold
To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.
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boiling hot
Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).
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come in hot
To enter the scene of conflict quickly and aggressively.
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full of hot air
Talking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.
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hissing hot
Very hot.
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hot air
Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster.