0 If you say or do something in the heat of the moment, you say or do it without thinking because you are very angry or excited:
During a military conflict there is the risk of a miscarriage of justice in the heat of the moment.
Those phrases were uttered, without, perhaps, great consideration, in the heat of the moment and without the opportunity to reconsider or withdraw them.
Many people have said in the heat of the moment things that they have regretted afterwards.
If a matter is decided in the heat of the moment, a decision is often regretted afterwards.
In opinion polls and debates the public answer one simple question in the heat of the moment, when they may be in an emotional state.
The information could be used in the heat of the moment by a parent to demand the address of a particular child.
In the heat of the moment, people say things that they would not otherwise say.
I know that sometimes in the heat of the moment it is forgotten to pass on much-wanted information about relatives in places of danger.
