hotter than a two-dollar pistol

1. Very hot in temperature; very hot to the touch. Stay away from the stove right now—it's hotter than a two-dollar pistol! Take some water with you. It's hotter than a pistol out there today. I hate working in the theme park during the summer, because it's hotter than a two-dollar pistol in the costumes they make us wear.

2. Very angry. The boss is hotter than a two-dollar pistol about that printing error, so I'd keep my distance if I were you. Yeah, Mom's hotter than a two-dollar pistol that you dented her new car. A: "Please don't tell him I broke his priceless heirloom—that'll just make him hotter two-dollar pistol." B: "Well, he's gonna figure it out eventually!"