Like a cat on hot bricks, phr. (colloquial).—Uncomfortable; restive.
1886. J. S. Winter, Army Society, ch. xvi. Lady Mainwaring looked like an eel in a frying-pan, or, most of anything perhaps, like a cat on hot bricks.
Hot with, phr. (common).—Spirits with hot water and sugar. See Cider and, and Cold without.
Hot-arsed, adj. phr. (venery).—Excessively lewd. [Of women only.] Cf., Biter.
Hot-beef. To give hot-beef, verb. phr. (thieves’ rhyming).—To cry ‘Stop thief.’ Also Beef (q.v.).
1879. J. W. Horsley, in Macm. Mag., xl., 506. He followed, giving me hot beef (calling ‘Stop thief’).
Hot-cakes. To go off like hot cakes, verb. phr. (common).—To sell readily; to be in good demand.
1889. Pall Mall Gaz., 11 Oct., p. 6, c. 1. Sold at one penny retail they often go off like hot cakes.
1893. Emerson, Signor Lippo, ch. xii. It went off like hot cakes.
Hot-foot, adv. (colloquial).—Instant in pursuit.