hotter than a pistol
Really taking off
Hotter than a pistol describes something extremely hot, fast, popular, or impressive—like a gun barrel after firing.
The phrase applies to temperature The engine was hotter than a pistol, speed He came out of the gate hotter than a pistol, or current success That band is hotter than a pistol right now.
Sometimes shortened to hot as a pistol.
- blazingBurning very brightly
- smoking hotExtremely sexually attractive
- red-hotHeated to glowing
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- on fireActively burning now
fire · fervent · heat · burn · turbocharged · torrid · rapid · sizzling · high-octane · full throttle · zealous · hot to trot · shot · electric · bang · white-hot · bullet · quick on the draw
hotter than a pistolcold as ice
Extremely unfeeling or aloof
freezing cold · ice cold · frigid · cold as a witch's tit · stone cold
hotter than a pistoldead in the water
Unable to proceed further
cold · yesterday's news · washed up · has-been · passé
hotter than a pistolugly as sin
Extremely unappealing in appearance
plain · homely · repulsive · cold fish · unattractive