Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
aux heures chaudes
English translation:
when the heat is on or when the dancefloor heats up
Added to glossary by
Bianca Jacobsohn
Apr 2, 2007 17:29
17 yrs ago
French term
France
Finance & Energy // French & English
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
aux heures chaudes
French to English
Art/Literary
Slang
Trendy music marketing
A short piece on a very cool/hip/trendy group.
"Ce duo nous donne rendez-vous aux heures chaudes du dancefloor"
Don't know how to keep in the idea of "aux heures chaudes". I have "liven up the dancefloor *in the heat of the night*", though I'm keen to hear other suggestions!
"Ce duo nous donne rendez-vous aux heures chaudes du dancefloor"
Don't know how to keep in the idea of "aux heures chaudes". I have "liven up the dancefloor *in the heat of the night*", though I'm keen to hear other suggestions!
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when the heat is on or when the dancefloor heats up
Hello Bianca I think my first selection is a little dated, and although I personally like your "hip and happening" phrase I think it is a little dated, I think "when the dancefloor heats up" is ok it suggests that everyone wants to dance/get down when this group or this group's music is playing
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Note added at 8 mins (2007-04-02 17:38:33 GMT)
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note - my personal experience of this is when I was queen of the dancefloor back in the mid 80s :-) !!!!!!
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Note added at 8 mins (2007-04-02 17:38:33 GMT)
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note - my personal experience of this is when I was queen of the dancefloor back in the mid 80s :-) !!!!!!
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Evi Prokopi (X)
: when the dancefloor heats up
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thanks Evi
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Swatchka
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merci Swatchka
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Frank Foley
: or "hots up"?
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yes hots up is even better!
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Melzie
: I like hots up
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me too see above!
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katsy
: To the queen of the dance floor. I like hots up too. To reply to John, yes, dance floor, in two words.
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thanks Katsy
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Alison Jenner
: "hots up" - very nice!
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cheers Alison
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Gacela20
: I prefer 'heats up'
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thanks!
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jean-jacques alexandre
: "hots up" that's hot
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Comment: "Thank you!"
3 mins
when the dance floor gets steamy
I like "in the heat of the night" but you did ask for suggestions!
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28 mins
John Di Rico
France
France
Native in French
&
English
France
Legal, Marketing, Finance and IT
Native in: English , French
Works in: French to English
when the dance floor starts bumpin'
a suggestion, or "when the dance floor gets bumpin' hot"
BTW, dance floor is two words in English, n'est-ce pas?
BTW, dance floor is two words in English, n'est-ce pas?
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Richard Benham
: Hmmm.... I would suggest you're showing your age. See my note to asker about whether "dance floor" is one word or two. Personally, I spell it as two, but then I'm an acknowledged old fart....
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26 but wise before my time...
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Denise DeVries
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
linguaphile
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
heat up the dance floor
that's enough
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15 hrs
Sheila Wilson
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
20 years producing 100% natural English
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: English, French to English
when things hot up on the dance floor
I don't think it's the dance floor itself that heats up but "things" - I'm sure we can all remember or imagine what the "things" are
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