hot on the trail

¿Sequía de ideas? Una pequeña ayuda para el tema del mes :D

Extraído de http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot

Main Entry: hot

Function: adjective

1 a: having a relatively high temperature b: capable of giving a sensation of heat or of burning, searing, or scalding c: having heat in a degree exceeding normal body heat

2 a: violent, stormy hot temper (hot battle); also : angry (hot about the remark) b (1): sexually excited or receptive (2): sexy c: eager, zealous (hot for reform) dof jazz : emotionally exciting and marked by strong rhythms and free melodic improvisations

3: having or causing the sensation of an uncomfortable degree of body heat (hot and tired) (hot in here)

4 a: newly made : (fresh hot scent) (hot off the press) b: close to something sought (hot on the trail)

5 a: suggestive of heat or of burning or glowing objects (hot colors) b: pungent, peppery

6 a: of intense and immediate interest (hot gossip) b: unusually lucky or favorable (hot streak) c: temporarily capable of unusual performance (as in a sport) d: currently popular or in demand (hot commodity) e: very good hot idea (hot) f: absurd, unbelievable (hot one)

7 a: electrically energized especially with high voltage b: radioactive; also : dealing with radioactive material cof an atom or molecule : being in an excited state

8 a: recently and illegally obtained (hot jewels) b: wanted by the police; also : unsafe for a fugitive

9: fast hot new fighter plane (hot lap around the track)

Como pueden ver, es un tema bastante abierto. Por supuesto, no tienen que limitarse a los significados acá expuestos. ¡Hasta luego!