hot streak

hot streak — idiom

1. a period of time during which you repeatedly succeed or experience good luck — f

1.慣用語B2
釋義

a period of time during which you repeatedly succeed or experience good luck — for example, winning several games in a row, landing new clients every week, or getting one piece of good news after another.

例句

The basketball team was on a hot streak, winning eight games in a row.

collocation: 'on a hot streak' + quantity

The café hit a hot streak after three food bloggers visited in one week.

collocation: 'hit a hot streak' — beginning a successful period

同義詞
  • winning streak

    more specific — only for competitive wins, not general good luck

  • good run

    slightly more informal and vague about the type of success

  • lucky patch

    British English; suggests the success is due to luck rather than skill

反義詞
  • cold spell

    a period of repeated failure or bad luck

  • dry spell

    a period without success or progress; often used in creative or romantic contexts

用法筆記

Commonly appears in the patterns 'on a hot streak' (currently experiencing one) and 'hit a hot streak' (beginning one). The phrase is most frequent in sports, business, and gambling contexts.

常見錯誤

❌I am in a hot streak.
✅I am on a hot streak.
💡the correct preposition is on, not in.
❌He had a hot streak for five years.
✅He had a hot streak that lasted five years.
💡a streak is a continuous run; avoid using for to introduce duration after the noun phrase.