chaud comme la braise

French

Adjective

chaud comme la braise (feminine singular chaude comme la braise, masculine plural chauds comme la braise, feminine plural chaudes comme la braise)

  1. (simile) hot as blazes; red-hot; on fire
    Synonyms: chaud comme une baraque à frites, chaud boulette

Usage notes

Often has sexual overtones: hot to trot.

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