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- Possible origination in the early 20th century based off of the phrase ‘too hot to hold,’ referring to the difficulty in holding or touching something extremely hot
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Submitted by JokerGem on November 10, 2023
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Nearby phrases
Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to too hot to handle
you're never too old to learnthe lady doth protest too muchtoo big for one's britchestoo much bed makes a dull headtoo bad, so sadtoo many cooks spoil the brothtoo many balls in the airtoo good for this worldtoo clever by halfto get into hot watertoo many balls in the airtoo big for one's bootstoo hot to holdwear too many hats
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