с пылу, с жару

• С ПЫЛУ, С ЖАРУ coll

[PrepP; Invar; nonagreeing modif, subj-compl with copula or obj-compl with подать etc (subj or obj: a noun denoting baked, cooked, fried etc food)]

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⇒ freshly baked, just cooked, roasted, fried etc and still very hot:

- sizzling (piping, steaming) hot;

- straight from the oven (the pot etc);

- hot off the stove (the griddle, the fire).

     ♦ Перед камином в пентхаузе [у Лучникова] в тот вечер собралось семь или восемь друзей, одноклассников. Они ели шашлыки, доставленные с пылу, с жару из подвалов "Курьера"... (Аксенов 7). Seven or eight of his classmates had come together that evening before the fire in Luchnikovs penthouse They were eating shish kebab delivered sizzling hot from the Courier's basement kitchens... (7a)

     ♦ [authors usage] "Замёрз? А мы ждали: щи горячие, прямо с пылу" (Шолохов 3). "Are you frozen? We've been waiting for you. The soups all ready and piping hot" (3a)