hot as blazes



hot as blazes

Also, hot as hell. Extremely warm, as in It was hot as blazes in that room, or I'm hot as hell and would love a cold shower. The first of these hyperbolic similes dates from the mid-1800s, the second from the early 1900s.
See also: blaze, hot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GranvilleGRAN-vilEnglish
Carita-Swedish
AtÍLio-Portuguese
AadaAH:-dah  Finnish
Ejiro-Western African, Urhobo
NikŠA-Croatian