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hot as fire

hot as fire adjective: very hot.

Adjective

hot as fire

  1. (simile) Very hot
    • The breath was as hot as fire.

Origin of hot as fire

From Middle English hote as fire.

Questions about hot as fire

What does hot as fire mean?
Hot as fire means very hot.
What part of speech is hot as fire?
Hot as fire is an adjective.

Words near hot as fire in the dictionary

  1. hot and high
  2. hot and sour soup
  3. hot and sour soups
  4. hot as a pistol
  5. hot as blazes
  6. hot as fire
  7. hot as Hades
  8. hot as hell
  9. hot as hell's hinges
  10. hot as the hobs of Hell
  11. hot bag

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