a barrage of acid comments.
a blistering pace.
a hot sports car.
a red-hot line drive.
a sulfurous denunciation.
a vitriolic critique.
an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose.
bitter words.
blistering criticism.
blistering sun.
caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics.
got off to a hot start.
her acrid remarks make her many enemies.
in hot pursuit.