热脸贴冷屁股

热脸贴冷屁股
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to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)

    • He was enthusiastic but met with coldness, and it had no effect at all.

  2. verb

    to be snubbed despite showing good intentions

    • He tried to be friendly but got the cold shoulder, and it had no effect at all.

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Fire rising up from below an object being held creates a burning heat.

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