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The latest news from the counting centres, hot off the press, is that my party is leading in the state. Ever since the counting started, I have been on a hot line with the prime minister. After all, this is an important state. If the trend continues, I am soon going to be in the hot seat of the chief minister. I expected this, although I was not too sure because the electorate was blowing hot and cold till the last minute and then the tribal unrest in the state’s hot spots near the border, too, was not good news. My PA tells me that my opponent is getting all hot and bothered as news of the results from the constituencies is reaching him. Why, just last week he got very hot under the collar when I suggested at a press conference that he was going to lose. Serves him right, I always knew the man was full of hot air. He has always been very hot on the issue of tribal unrest, and yet just before the elections when the issue became too hot to handle, he dropped it like a hot potato. In the past five years, his devious tactics have got me into hot water with the judiciary more than once. Once I win, I am going to make it very hot for him, provided, of course, I take advantage of his weakened hold on state politics in the aftermath of the election results and strike while the iron is hot. Key to idioms used In hot pursuit: if you are in hot pursuit of someone or something, you are following closely behind them and trying hard to catch them Be hot off the press: news that is hot off the press has just been printed and often contains the most recent information about something Hot line: a direct, secret telephone link between two important people, e.g. heads of government In the hot seat: in a position where you are responsible for important or difficult things Blow hot and cold: be undecided, wanting something and then not wanting it alternately A hot spot: a dangerous place where there may be a war or other violent events (All) hot and bothered: worried and angry and sometimes physically hot Hot under the collar: of someone is hot under the collar, they are angry Hot air: if something that someone says is just hot air, it is not sincere and will have no practical results Be hot on something: be very well informed, knowledgeable and good at something Be too hot to handle: of something or someone is too hot to handle, people cannot deal with them, because they are dangerous or difficult Drop someone or something like a hot potato: to suddenly get rid of someone or something that you have been involved with because you do not want them any more or you are worried they may cause problems Be in/or get into hot water: if someone is in or gets into hot water, people are angry with them and they are likely to be punished Make it hot for someone: make things unpleasant or difficult for someone Strike while the iron is hot: this saying is used to mean to take advantage of something while the situation/time is favourable; make the most of present opportunities (Reference: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms)
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