Example
“Omar became hot under the collar when the supplier blamed his team for the delay.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
piping hot
Neutral · CEFR B1
Extremely hot, especially when describing freshly cooked food.
sell like hot cakes
Neutral · CEFR B1
to be bought rapidly and in great numbers because many people want it
drive someone up the wall
Informal · CEFR B1
to make someone feel extremely annoyed or frustrated
sick and tired
Neutral · CEFR B1
extremely annoyed with someone or something and unwilling to tolerate it any longer
add fuel to the fire
Neutral · CEFR B2
To make a bad situation or an argument worse.
bite someone's head off
Informal · CEFR B2
to answer someone with sudden and often unjustified anger
Source methodology
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