Question of the Day #1016

The heat is on the Captain Tom Foundation spa complex – and it’s not coming from the indoor pool

From the headline of this article at The Guardian.

  上記の文で、the heat is onの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "the heat is on" mean?

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解答

意味：
Goo辞書によると、

状況がきわめて厳しい

   

Answer

According to the Cambridge Dictionary:

If you say the heat is on, you mean that a time of great activity and/or pressure has begun

 

Examples

• With only months to go before the deadline, the heat is on.
• To perform well when the heat is on, all you have to do is let it happen.
• She's at her best when the heat is on with tight deadlines.
• But when the heat is on, he turns up and performs. Times, Sunday Times (2017)
• Neither likes to look at leaderboards as they compete, and both just try to enjoy themselves, especially when the heat is on. Times, Sunday Times (2016)

   

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