be hot off the press

be hot off the press

1. To be freshly printed, as of a periodical. The latest edition of the student newspaper is hot off the press, and my class is going to distribute it at lunch.
2. To be a newly-circulating bit of news or gossip. Did you hear that Mara dumped Jim? It's hot off the press! Hey, it's hot off the press—Greg got the promotion over Paul.
See also: hot, off, press
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • hot off the press
  • hot off the press(es)
  • go to press
  • the printed word
  • share out
  • a back number
  • back number
  • pass out
  • pass out (cold)
  • be not worth the paper it's printed on