Meaning of hotter than a pistol | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Very hot.
   comparative-only
2. Exceptionally popular, productive, or marketable.
   Canada, US, comparative-only, idiomatic

Examples

“"Warm day out there on the highway. . . . It's only June. By the Fourth it'll be hotter than a pistol around here."”

“"Carl Perkins and I were in Amory, Mississippi, with Elvis. Now Elvis, of course, was hotter than a pistol. He had his second record out."”

“Leasing activity is frenzied throughout Manhattan. . . . "Broadway is hotter than a pistol and you have to shoehorn your way into SoHo," reports Faith H. Consolo.”

“Joey Logano, who's hotter than a pistol, won the NASCAR Chase race at Kansas Sunday.”

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