"Hotter than a two-dollar pistol" nghĩa là gì?


"Hotter than a two-dollar pistol" = nóng hơn khẩu súng lục hai đô-la -> nghĩa là rất nóng; nghĩa khác là rất tức giận, nóng nảy.

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The Mk2 is also quick in shorter spurts (phóng nhanh). Its dedicated Facebook page, Turbosektor-Ost, features a post from July 6 showing a quarter-mile time slip reading 9.1 seconds with an exit speed of 174 mph. It also ran the eighth-mile in 6.2 seconds at 137 mph. Really, it's hotter than a two-dollar pistol.

And one day it was hot, like today, and I said, "Ed, man, you need to lay off (bỏ, dừng) the booze (say rượu) and drink some water today." He said, "Man, it's hotter than a $2 pistol out there!" Ka-ching! Now, I wrote that down. I took the advice of two past NSAI greats: Bob McDill and Merle Kilgore, who said, "Write something down every day," whether it be a line, a verse (đoạn nhạc) or a song.

Hampton would get a 34-yard touchdown pass from Dominique Burleson to Damien Buckles to close the gap (khoảng cách), but Sluder was hotter than a two-dollar pistol. He tacked on a 5-yard touchdown run and 2 point conversion that extended their lead at 28-12 with 1:38 remaining in the third. Burleson would later break free for a 79-yard touchdown run for the Bulldogs. He ended the game with 158 yards on only 12 carries.

The One I Loved Back Then tells the tale of a young Corvette owner who stops in at the local store for some “beer and cigarettes.” Inside, a store clerk (nhân viên cửa hàng) details his love for the young man’s Corvette, stating that he used to own a similar car in 1963. The clerk goes on to share that the Corvette which he previously owned was, “hotter than a two-dollar pistol,” and, “the fastest thing around.”

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