In the heat of the moment, phrase.
Definition: While temporarily angry, excited, or engrossed, and without stopping for thought.
Examples:
1. Things said in the heat of the moment.
2. Sadly at this moment all that was found in the heat of the moment, was two angry faces, two rapidly beating hearts and one truth.
3. That had been all too short, and the ones the night before that had been frenzied, excited ones caught in the heat of the moment.
4. ‘I think there's nothing more dangerous than adopting legislation in the heat of the moment,’ he says.
5. One thing is certain, rugby will always be a very tough game, in which injuries can be expected, and in most cases there is very little a referee can do to prevent many of them in the heat of the moment.
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