So let us not waste our hot breath arguing in defence of our little metal petrol-guzzlers on wheels.

It would also attain another government objective - of getting its management to feel the hot breath of shareholder impatience on their necks.

He seems to feel nothing but the hot breath of pursuit.

For all their hot breath and sharp claws, the potential investors are easily soothed.

If a surgeon saws off the wrong leg, he'll feel the hot breath of the law on his neck before he reaches the car park.