Idiom
hotter than a pistol
Meaning
Exceptionally popular, productive, or marketable.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That new singer is hotter than a pistol right now.”
“The company's new software is hotter than a pistol, with thousands of people downloading it every single day.”
“Following the unexpected success of her debut novel, the young author found herself hotter than a pistol in the competitive world of international publishing.”
Examples
simple
“That new singer is hotter than a pistol right now.”
contextual
“The company's new software is hotter than a pistol, with thousands of people downloading it every single day.”
complex
“Following the unexpected success of her debut novel, the young author found herself hotter than a pistol in the competitive world of international publishing.”
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