hot on

1. Also, hot for . Enthusiastic about, as in She's really hot on golf , or He's hot for another skiing vacation . This seemingly modern slangy usage was first recorded in 1667. Also see make it hot for .

2. Also, hot at . Very good, impressive, as in He's hot at anything involving numbers . This expression, first recorded in 1573, is frequently used in the negative, as in I'm not so hot at new computer programs .

Example Sentences

Qualley plays small-town California detective Honey O’Donahue, a lesbian gumshoe hot on the trail of bad guys and good beaver.

From Salon

Hot on the heels of 28 Years Later comes I Know What You Did Last Summer, a sort-of-but-not-technically remake of the 1997 slasher classic.

From BBC

The first half of summer has followed hot on the heels of spring, with UK temperatures since the start of June also reaching record highs in some areas.

From BBC

Hot on its heels, June became the warmest month on record for England.

From BBC

After the first two seasons, which involved transforming the Beef, the sandwich shop Carmy inherited from his late brother Mikey, and creating the Bear, the third looked around and over its shoulder, flashing back and stretching out and developing themes that are taken up again in Season 4, which begins so hot on the heels of three they might as well be one.

From Los Angeles Times