Meaning of hotter than a two-dollar pistol | Babel Free
Definitions
Adjective. [C2]
Examples
“THE RESULT? Your cash register will be hotter than a two-dollar pistol! You’ll have toy sales profits in addition to profits on vacation items!”
“Five games remain for each team, including two more with each other over the week-end. But time is running short and the Fenway Millionaires are hotter than a two-dollar pistol. The breaks are now beginning to fall in the direction of the better club.”
“Once before I had started after him with no girl involved and had quit the trail cold at the first cross-track. Now I was hotter than a two-dollar pistol. Star was the answer.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.