hot to trot
Idioms-
Ready and willing, eager. For example, We should let them start putting up posters; they're hot to trot .
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Sexually avid, lascivious, as in He's hot to trot and asked her out almost as soon as he met her . Both slangy usages allude to a horse eager to get going.
Example Sentences
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Tree crickets are hot to trot for only a couple of hours each evening.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2020
"I think it's a question of pushing it, and driving it, more than the actual mechanism: the Fed are just so hot to trot," he says.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2013
"We're not hot to trot on this thing," says one Justice official.
From Time Magazine Archive
The New Garden Shoe Ratty old running sneakers work for some, but if you've got money to shell out for grass-stain- and water-resistant footwear, LawnGrips are hot to trot; $99 from lawngrips.com.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am hot to trot on Point Charlie off Fandango Force Field.
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