what the (blue) blazes Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
Hot as blue blazes
If something's as hot as blue blazes, it's extremely hot.
hot as blazes
hot as blazes 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.
what the (blue) blazes
An assertion acclimated to accent surprise, shock, anger, disgust, etc. In this phrase, "the blazes" is acclimated as an intensifier. The byword can additionally be acclimated with added catechism words (e.g. "who," "why," "how," etc.). What the blazes are you doing? You can't appear in here! What the dejected blazes? I aloof had this fixed, and now there's a cavity in it! Just what the blazes is activity on here?Learn more: blaze, what