He was eager for/ excited/ he is crazy about....
There was a strong desire in him for..., he longed very much for...
("Rabbi Yochanan said: Never will there be a thirst for wine" - at the beginning of Rava's 4th chapter, and then: "And truly they said: A man is known by his cup... the product of wealth, and specifically in this generation, it is the generation of wealth, in which a man who is thirsty for wealth will give up all vices and all pleasures, and from a man's wealth that is dear to him, some will give up his body and some will give up even more. "From his soul" - A miracle of counsel/ Or "Ksef" - Money, and so on: "He is a healer, like the one who sees, he is the one who is hot in the back of his throat and his eating precedes his prayer" - Shalom Aleichem/ A man in a cauldron, eh, and so on: "Even if the heart of the poor has hope to find a husband at a time when the chosen ones are hot after the world is judged" - Agnon/ Tamol Shilshom, 173)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הָיָה לָהוּט אַחֲרֵי...
Definition (Hebrew)
הָיְתָה בּוֹ תְּשׁוּקָה עַזָּה כְּלַפֵּי..., הִשְׁתּוֹקֵק מְאוֹד ל...
("אָמַר ר' יוֹחָנָן: לְעוֹלָם לֹא תְּהִי לָהוּט אַחַר הַיַּיִן"- בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה לוֹ ד, וְכֵן:"וּבֶאֱמֶת אָמְרוּ:אָדָם נִכָּר בְּכוֹסוֹ...יֵצֶר הַמָּמוֹן,וּבִפְרָט בַּדּוֹר הַזֶּה, הוּא דּוֹר מָמוֹן, שֶׁאָדָם לָהוּט אַחַר הַמָּמוֹן יוֹתֵר מִכָּל הָעֲבֵרוֹת וּמִכָּל הַתַּעֲנוּגִים,וּמִמּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם חָבִיב עָלָיו, יֵשׁ יוֹתֵר מִגּוּפוֹ וְיֵשׁ גַּם כֵּן יוֹתֵר מִנַּפְשׁוֹ"- פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ/ אוֹת כ'- כֶּסֶף, וְכֵן:"אוֹתוֹ רוֹפֵא,כְּפִי הַנִּרְאֶה, הוּא עַצְמוֹ לָהוּט אַחַר גְּרוֹנוֹ וַאֲכִילָתוֹ קוֹדֶמֶת לִתְפִלָּתוֹ"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָדָם בַּעַל קֵבָה,עח, וְכֵן:"כְּלוּם יֵשׁ לְבַת עֲנִיִּים תִּקְוָה לִמְצֹא בֶּן זוּג בִּזְמַן שֶׁהַבַּחוּרִים לְהוּטִים אַחַר נְדוּנְיָא"-עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 173)