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hot as blazes

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  1. Also, hot as hell. Extremely warm, as in It was hot as blazes in that room, or I'm hot as hell and would love a cold shower. The first of these hyperbolic similes dates from the mid-1800s, the second from the early 1900s.


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Movies too, especially when it’s hot as blazes outside and the coolest remedy is to stay at home with a film and a pitcher of cold lemonade.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

It was hot as blazes, as it is wont to be in Charlottesville in August.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2018

It was hot as blazes outside—humid, too, and inside our house, all the air conditioners hummed in the windows.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

It was only April, but it was already hot as blazes.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

Incidentally I wanted to tell you the cabin was hot as blazes, and get you to come to supper.

From The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins

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