hot and bothered
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A couple of defeats in Euro 2024 warm-up games has got plenty of fans all hot and bothered over Scotland's prospects at Euro 2024.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
Back in the 1850s the new study of thermodynamics—how, in part, temperature affects the way objects behave—had physicists hot and bothered.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2023
There are plenty of scenes of Lulu tearing the Bronco’s seats to pieces and running away with Briggs in hot and bothered pursuit.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
But 2 billion years ago, the Moon was hot and bothered, spewing out vast pools of lava, based on an analysis of rocks returned last year by a Chinese spacecraft.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 19, 2021
His expression, while propitiatory, was not friendly, but: "Don't get hot and bothered," snapped Kerry viciously.
From Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer
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