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
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
Ape bars, twin exhausts, chrome on everything except the rubber, this Harley is doing a ton and still hot to trot.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am hot to trot on Point Charlie off Fandango Force Field.
From The Universe — or Nothing by Moldeven, Meyer
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