hot as blazes

Idioms  

1. Also, hot as hell. Extremely warm, as in It was hot as blazes in that room, or I'm hot as hell and would love a cold shower. The first of these hyperbolic similes dates from the mid-1800s, the second from the early 1900s.

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Example Sentences

Movies too, especially when it’s hot as blazes outside and the coolest remedy is to stay at home with a film and a pitcher of cold lemonade.

From New York Times

It was “hot as blazes in the summer,” and cold in the winter, remembers Vernon Ross, who was baptized there in 1939.

From Washington Post

It was hot as blazes, as it is wont to be in Charlottesville in August.

From BBC

“It’s hot as blazes in here,” exclaimed one front row guest while Paris Hilton hurriedly reapplied powder to her glistening complexion.

From Los Angeles Times

And they were “hot as blazes” on a tropical island, where temperatures routinely rose to more than 100 degrees.

From Washington Times