a hot number

a hot number
амер.; разг.
1) замечательная штука (о новой марке машины, популярной песенке, хорошо расходящемся товаре и т. п.)

The new car that Bob is driving is a real hot number. (DAI) — Новая машина Боба - это действительно замечательная штука.

John invented a new can opener that was a hot number in the stores. (DAI) — Джон изобрел новый консервный нож. В магазинах его берут нарасхват.

2) зажигательная особа, девица "с огоньком"

Huddy... reckoned his dance-hostess was the prettiest and the neatest and the hottest number he'd ever met in his life and, if she was willing, he'd marry her and take her home with him to the Riverina countrytown he came from... (D. Cusack, ‘The Half-Burnt Tree’, ch. 13) — Хадди... подумал, что никогда еще не встречал такой милой, такой хорошенькой и такой привлекательной для мужчин девушки, как его партнерша по танцам; если бы она согласилась, то он бы женился на ней и увез домой в свой родной город Риверину.

She's rather a hot number when she decks herself out... (E. S. Gardner, ‘The D. A. Breaks an Egg’, ch. 13) — А эта молодая женщина, если разоденется, будет красотка что надо.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • hot number — {n.}, {slang} A person or thing noticed as newer, better, or more popular than others. * /The boys and girls thought that song was a hot number./ * /The new car that Bob is driving is a real hot number./ * /John invented a new can opener that was …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hot number — {n.}, {slang} A person or thing noticed as newer, better, or more popular than others. * /The boys and girls thought that song was a hot number./ * /The new car that Bob is driving is a real hot number./ * /John invented a new can opener that was …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • hot\ number — noun slang A person or thing noticed as newer, better, or more popular than others. The boys and girls thought that song was a hot number. The new car that Bob is driving is a real hot number. John invented a new can opener that was a hot number… …   Словарь американских идиом

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  • number — See: A NUMBER, ANY NUMBER, DAYS ARE NUMBERED, GET ONE S NUMBER, HOT NUMBER, QUITE A FEW or QUITE A NUMBER …   Dictionary of American idioms

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