hot as hell
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7.5
- idiom
- Informal
:
caliente como el infierno
- It's hot as hell outside, so make sure to drink plenty of water.
- hot as hell here
- hot as hell in the summer
- hot as hell out
You know what, this shit be hot as hell too when it's insulated.
- You know what, this shit be hot as hell too when it's insulated.
- It was hot as hell for weeks, but flipped.
- They're a little bland, though, but they're white and Yep, they're hot as hell.
- Tried to wear my hair straight but it's hot as hell out here and it'll be beach wave sweaty before long.
- I was performing y'all I had on a trench coat which was hot as hell, thick, a baseball cap, a bra with neck lace lingerie over it.
- So I did that a few times yesterday and I know you know how quick I need to be going that the perceived effort and and it was hot as hell, you know, so.
Examples
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It's hot as hell!
Fiction book (2001) -
It's hot as hell already.
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The night is hot as hell
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It's hot as hell in here.
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It's hot as hell in here.
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It's hot as hell out here.
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All I was thinking is that school starts in three weeks, and it's hot as hell, and this is the worst August ever.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's August, and hot as hell.
Fiction book (2001) -
It gets hot as hell around here at noontime.
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It's hot as hell in this Cadillac and I don't have no air conditioner.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having a high temperature and able to burn your skin
2
7.7
Very hot and dry, often uncomfortable for people
1
3.4
Feels very hot, like you are inside an oven
1
4.8
Weather that is very hot and humid makes you sweat and feel uncomfortable
Very hot, with high temperature or strong spice
A very hot and humid feeling that makes you uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Hot
Surface Forms
Morphology
The expression follows the regular comparative simile pattern 'as X as Y' where 'hell' functions as an extreme reference, so a learner who knows 'hot', 'as' and 'hell' can infer it means 'extremely hot'. The intensifying use of culturally extreme referents is common cross-linguistically, making the degree meaning predictable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Hot as hell comes from the strong image of 'hell' as a place of fire and great heat. So when people say hot as hell, they mean 'extremely hot'.