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单词 hot brick
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Definition of hot brick in English:

hot brick

noun ˌhɒt ˈbrɪk
  • 1In plural"on hot bricks": in a state of anxiety, agitation, or restlessness. Chiefly in similative phrase "like a cat on hot bricks".

  • 2In similative phrases, as "to drop (a thing or person) like a hot brick": = "hot potato".

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Female Freemasons. From hot + brick.

 
 

Definition of hot brick in US English:

hot brick

nounˌhɒt ˈbrɪk
  • 1In plural"on hot bricks": in a state of anxiety, agitation, or restlessness. Chiefly in similative phrase "like a cat on hot bricks".

  • 2In similative phrases, as "to drop (a thing or person) like a hot brick": = "hot potato".

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Female Freemasons. From hot + brick.

 
 
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