in the heat of
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4.9
- idiom
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en el calor de
- Some people might call them out in the heat of the moment and in the midst of the frustration of the narcissistic relationship.
- in the heat of the moment
- in the heat of battle
Like in the height, in the, in the heat of combat.
- Like in the height, in the, in the heat of combat.
- And the plan for, OK, when this gets hot and, and you know, it's tug of war sort of time in the, in the heat of the game, they're not worried about the scoreboard.
- Like it's OK because nothing for me and the images that I still have from my childhood gets resolved in the heat of an argument.
- And they do the same thing because when you're in the heat of battle, it's fucking stressful.
- Some people might call them out in the heat of the moment and in the midst of the frustration of the narcissistic relationship.
- And probably not right away when it's in the heat of the moment, but it's important at the same time that we both voice our standards and our boundaries.
- But then of course in the, in the heat of it, it has its own appeal and in the heat of it, I like it.
- And and I and I, I, I've kind of noted that I put it on when I need anchoring, you know, and this could be in, in the heat of a tour and the.
Examples
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But my point was that stupid decisions can appear in the heat of the moment to be good ones.
Blog text (19) -
In the heat of battle, there's very little time to think.
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There was... an accident... in the heat of the moment
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It's all about being able to control yourself in the heat of the moment.
Blog text (20) -
That was in the heat of an argument.
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Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, I can feel my temper building.
Blog text (31) -
If the boundaries are not clear to the participants, they will be exceeded in the heat of competition.
Academic text (1997) -
So it was in the heat of anger that the Spartans voted.
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Bram was the cool one, quieter, more likely to bide his time than to act in the heat of the moment.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's easy to say things you don't mean in the heat of an argument.
Synonyms
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6.1
When you feel strong feelings and act without thinking
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5.6
A time when excitement or tension is very high
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase’s meaning — occurring during a period of high intensity or strong emotion — is directly derivable from the constituents: 'in' (within) + 'heat' (used metaphorically for intensity) + 'of' (linking to the time or moment). This heat-as-intensity metaphor and the prepositional construction are common cross-linguistically and follow normal English composition, so a B1 learner who knows the words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
In the heat of comes from the image of being in a very hot place, like on a battlefield or in a heated argument, where heat stands for strong feeling and people act fast without thinking. So in the heat of now means 'during a very intense or emotional moment'.