hotter than a two-dollar pistol
hotter than a two-dollar pistol
1. Very hot in temperature; very hot to the touch. Stay away from the stove right now—it's hotter than a two-dollar pistol!
2. Very angry. The boss is hotter than a two-dollar pistol about that printing error, so I'd keep my distance if I were you.
See also: hot, pistol
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get hot
- too hot to handle
- (as) hot as fire
- hot as fire
- slave over a hot stove
- like hot cakes, go
- go like hot cakes
- hot for (something)
- hot on
- hot on (something)