hot to trot
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Meaning · English
Eager to start something, especially a new project or activity
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
Mong muốn bắt đầu một điều gì đó mới, đặc biệt là dự án hoặc hoạt động
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Literally: a horse that is eager to run
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
The inhibitions of the average citizen were hot to trot …
The inhibitions of the average citizen were hot to trot.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed on Wikipedia “Irreversible binomial” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “hot to trot” mean?
Eager to start something, especially a new project or activity Literally: a horse that is eager to run
Is “hot to trot” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.