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hot messA warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; or, service of such a heated meal to soldiers.Rate it:
hot messRefers to a person, thing, or situation in such a state of disarray or disapproval by peers, often in reference to physical appearance, perceived to be disastrously embarrassing, pitiful, or beyond repair.Rate it:
hot off the pressesFreshly printed, minted, written, or created.Rate it:
hot onEnthusiastic for.Rate it:
hot onKnowledgeable about.Rate it:
hot onSkilled at.Rate it:
hot on somebody's heelsClose behind; pursuing or following closely.Rate it:
hot on someone's heelsClose behind; pursuing or following closely.Rate it:
hot potatoA child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires.Rate it:
hot potatoAn awkward or delicate problem with which nobody wants to be associated.Rate it:
hot shitAn exceptionally impressive person or thingRate it:
Hot ShotSharp Person, Really With-It, "In the Swing of It, Svelte, Mayhaps Be Swell? Sophisticated. Sharp Kat et alRate it:
hot spotdangerous place; accident placeRate it:
hot spotlively placeRate it:
hot stuffAn attractive person, often used as a come-on or pickup line.Rate it:
hot stuffSomething excellent or exciting.Rate it:
hot stuffA roofing worker's term for hot bitumen.Rate it:
hot stuffUsed other than as an idiom: see hot, stuff. (colloquial)Rate it:
hot to trotEager for sexual activity.Rate it:
hot to trotEager to begin; anxious to get going.Rate it:
hot under the collarTo be enraged; angry, very much upset about somethingRate it:
hot upTo increase in temperature.Rate it:
hot upTo become more heated.Rate it:
hot waterUsed other than as an idiom: see hot, water.Rate it:
hot watera dangerous situation; troubleRate it:
hot waterfierce criticismRate it:
hot waxWax is heated to remove hair from sensitive areas.Rate it:
hotfoot itTo hasten; to move rapidly.Rate it:
hotheadedEasily excited or angered.Rate it:
hothouseA heated greenhouse.Rate it:
hothouseAn environment in which growth or development is encouraged; a hotbed.Rate it:
hotter than a pistolVery hot.Rate it:
hotter than a pistolExceptionally popular, productive, or marketable.Rate it:
hottest thing in townA particular late model car, a startlingly appearing item or super-styled article of dress.Rate it:
hounded me almost to deathA continuing harassment, a constant and recurring state of personal raging.Rate it:
hours on endA happening without breakRate it:
house cooling partyA party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.Rate it:
house of cardsA structure made by laying cards perpendicularly on top of each other.Rate it:
house of cardsA structure or argument built on a shaky foundation.Rate it:
house of GodA church.Rate it:
house of ill fameA brothelRate it:
house poorIn financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.Rate it:
house warmingPresented as a way of welcoming someone to a home into which he or she recently moved.Rate it:
household nameA brand name that is well known to the great majority of households.Rate it:
household nameA genericized trademark or anepronym.Rate it:
household nameA very well-known public figure.Rate it:
housewarmingA party to celebrate moving into a new home.Rate it:
housewarmingThe act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.Rate it:
houston, we have a problemA phrase used to indicate a major problem; often humorously used for reporting any kind of problem.Rate it:
how about thatA general statement of surprise or bemusement with regard to a particular event.; isn't that good, or unexpected, etc.Rate it:

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