sell like hot cakes
To be sold in large numbers quickly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“These new shirts are selling like hot cakes.”
“The bakery opened early, and their fresh bread sold like hot cakes all morning.”
“Once the celebrity endorsed the product, it sold like hot cakes, leaving the shelves empty within hours of the store opening.”
disputed origin
After the proverbial popularity of pancakes in 19th-century America.
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and the like
And other similar items; et cetera.
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baking hot
Very hot.
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be like
To say.
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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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built like a brick outhouse
Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.
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built like a brick shipyard
Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.
Last updated August 10, 2026