Vocabulary question?

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1. I don’t know if that’s everyone’s first choice of phrase, but I think people would know what you mean.

2. Like, “I’m boiling” or “You’re boiling” if one has a fever?

   Yes.

3. I would usually attribute that more to somebody’s emotional state rather than physical temperature.

   Somebody boiling mad is somebody who has gradually gotten increasingly pissed and is about to blow.

4. >In the Uk we sometimes use the word ‘boiling’ for someone being extremely warm

   I’d know what they meant if they said it, but I usually hear/say “burning up” instead.

5. “I had to take off my jacket because I was boiling.” Yes

6. No, but the context is clear enough to get the idea and some people do use cooking related things like baking or frying that way.

7. Warm as in friendly or warm as in they have a fever? No the former, yes to the latter.

8. I’d be more inclined to say roasting or baking in that context, though I use those rarely enough.

9. that’s less commonly used for temperature & more commonly used for emotion. [ladies, I’m boiling](https://youtu.be/FJiyekFFsuY?si=-w3yOgDM0a-OhTTa)

   I’d probably say it’s burning up outside, or I’m roasting out here.

10. It’s sort of funny that you’ve mentioned this. My mother-in-law who’s from Alabama uses boiling in this way. Although most would likely know what you mean, it seems be more regional. Or possibly even a semi dated way to describe it.

11. *”Sitting in ball soup”* is another one

12. I use it occasionally. It’s probably not most people’s go to, but they’d know what you mean

13. I usually hear burning up, or less commonly baking. Also if a room rather than a person is particularly hot, it’s pretty common to say “It’s like an oven.”

14. Usually when I have heard someone was boiling, it meant they were extremely angry. If someone is very hot & sweaty, I would use burning up, not boiling.

15. Someone saying “I’m boiling in this” when talking about clothes that are too warm for current conditions wouldn’t be weird where I’m from.

16. Yeah, I use it (Wisconsin native). “I had to turn down the heat; I was boiling”.

17. “It’s hot enough to boil a monkey’s bum in here!”

    Broiling is more common in my experience, or melting.

18. For temperature, we say burning. As in “burning up” or “burning hot”

    However boiling is used more for emotions, like “he’s boiling mad.” Or “hes boiling right now.”

19. We’d probably say that or we’re burning up. Latter is more likely

20. I would just think they said the wrong word and ment to say burning but yes I would know what they ment

21. The term “boiling hot” is quite common.

22. >Oh, yeah. Bloody hell. I’m sweating in here. Roasting. Boiling. Baking. Sweltering. It’s like a sauna. Furnace. You can fry an egg on my stomach. Ohh, who wouldn’t lap this up? It’s ridiculous. Tremendous. Fantastic. Fan-dabby-dozy-tastic.

    I usually say I’m dyin, hot as fuck, or melting if I forget Sexy Beast at the moment.

23. We use heating adjectives a lot when it comes to [Anger](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pixar/images/7/7a/Io_Anger_standard2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150425021210)

    * That made my blood boil.

    * It was a heated argument.

    * He’s steaming./ I could see steam coming from his ears.

    * She’s fuming.

    In comparison, we tell people to “chill out” or “cool off” if they’re upset, because chill and cool are opposites of heat.