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hot and heavy

Fig. referring to serious passion or emotions. Things were getting a little hot and heavy so Ellen asked to be taken home. The movie had one hot and heavy scene after another. Pretty soon it got to be a joke.

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hot and heavy

full of very strong feelings The argument is still going hot and heavy about whether genetically modified foods are safe to eat.

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hot and heavy

  (American informal)

if something or someone is hot and heavy, they are full of strong emotions or sexual feelings Guess who I saw getting hot and heavy on the dance floor? Television news coverage of the fighting has been hot and heavy.

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hot and heavy

1. Very enthusiastic and excited, as in That was a hot and heavy debate. This slangy expression employs hot in the sense of "characterized by intense feeling," a usage dating from the tenth century a.d., and heavy in the sense of "serious."

2. Passionate, lustful, as in They were awfully young to be so hot and heavy about their romance. This slangy term employs hot in the sense of "sexually aroused," a usage dating from about 1500.

See also: and, heavy, hot

hot and heavy

1. Informal Passionate or intense: Interest in the new stock was hot and heavy.

2. Characterized by or engaging in amorous or sexual activity.

See also: and, heavy, hot