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hot potato
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
hot potato noun
plural hot potatoes
hot potato
noun
plural hot potatoes
Learner's definition of HOT POTATO
[count] informal
: an issue or question about which people have different opinions and feel very strongly棘手的情况或问题；烫手山芋
- He tried to avoid taking a strong stand on political hot potatoes like abortion.他力图避免在堕胎等棘手的政治问题上明确表达自己的立场。
hot potato
noun
: a controversial question or issue that involves unpleasant or dangerous consequences for anyone dealing with it
Example Sentences
He tried to avoid taking a strong stand on political hot potatoes like abortion.
Recent Examples on the Web That’s what happens when four different presidents have engaged in a game of hot potato with the lives of very real people. 
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022 Since then, the issue of global warming has been a political hot potato. Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022 Disney has been a red-hot potato for politicians, both liberal and conservative, in recent months. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022 The cycle seemed to be playing out as expected — a slow-motion game of hot potato between the police, the courts, the jails and the hospitals. New York Times, 26 July 2022 In Wisconsin, third-party financing of solar projects has been a legal hot potato that politicians and regulators have avoided for years. Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2022 The issue is a hot potato that gets passed between branches of the US government – Congress should fix this! John D. Sutter, CNN, 30 June 2022 Sometimes Twitter feels like the hot potato of the Internet, or perhaps more like a zone of nuclear radiation. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022 The first demand is harmful to national security and a political hot potato. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 11 June 2022 See More
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022 Since then, the issue of global warming has been a political hot potato. Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022 Disney has been a red-hot potato for politicians, both liberal and conservative, in recent months. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022 The cycle seemed to be playing out as expected — a slow-motion game of hot potato between the police, the courts, the jails and the hospitals. New York Times, 26 July 2022 In Wisconsin, third-party financing of solar projects has been a legal hot potato that politicians and regulators have avoided for years. Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2022 The issue is a hot potato that gets passed between branches of the US government – Congress should fix this! John D. Sutter, CNN, 30 June 2022 Sometimes Twitter feels like the hot potato of the Internet, or perhaps more like a zone of nuclear radiation. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022 The first demand is harmful to national security and a political hot potato. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 11 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1950, in the meaning defined above
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