in the heat of the moment



in the heat of the moment

if you say or do something in the heat of the moment, you say or do it without thinking because you are angry or excited Frank doesn't hate you. He just said that in the heat of the moment.
See also: heat, moment, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Abdul-Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
MÁRtuska-Hungarian
LexiaLEKS-ee-ə, LEKS-yəEnglish
Laura['lɔ:rə]
Edwena-English (Rare)
Avinash-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada