It’s As Hot As The Hobs Of Hell Out There

[Bobbisox1]

Wonder what the ‘hobs’ are?
Aren’t sayings funny?

[Mamyalynne]

I quite like this variant - "Hot as the hinges of Hades"

[Ken4155]

I must add, I could only manage three quarters of a shift due to the heat. Had I attempted a full 7.5 hours, I would very likely have evaporated!

[Mamyalynne]

Too hot for working in Ken.

Here's another outing from 14 years ago.

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Question341018.html

[Bobbisox1]

Came in ,showered, it was definitely hot as the hobs of hell out there, mmmm , wonder if they have ‘hobs’ to cook on down there ? :0)))

[tiggerblue10]

I've not heard this one before.

I'd never heard of 'batten down the hatches' till I joined AB.

[Bobbisox1]

For a storm brewing Tiggs

[Ken4155]

I thought a 'hob' was a 'nob's' BFF.

[THECORBYLOON]

Speaking of odd sayings, what about "Like a hen on a het girdle"?

[Jackdaw33]

I know it as 'Like a hen on a hot brick', very agitated.

[DTCwordfan]

29C here on the car clock five minutes ago but I live in a sheltered place (as to the trees around - not the house!). Okay hot - hottest I have ever been in was Kuwait at 51C (very hot - but not as uncomfortable as Muscat at 42C and incredibly humid.....

[DTCwordfan]

52C - 'hotter than a stolen Tamale'.....

[tiggerblue10]

I use 'batten down the hatches' quite often now Bobbi :o)

My manager always uses the '...like a Sword of Damocles' phrase.

[DTCwordfan]

Quarantine - Day 86

**Weather Report**

Room Temperature

[iluvmargie]

I've heard of it.

[Peter Pedant]

// 29C here on the car clock five minutes ago but I live in a sheltered place (as to the trees around - not the house!)//

I thought you were gonna say - - and I am the one ALan Bennett based his play on - car clock see?

Those temps (I knew there was a classical arabic scholar lairking on AB ) were in the middle east forty years agoo innit?
150 babies dying a day in Cairo