hot potato
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌhot poˈtato noun [countable] a subject or problem that no one wants to deal with, because it is difficult and any decision might make people angry 棘手的问题，烫手山芋 The issue has become a political hot potato. 该问题已经成了政治上的烫手山芋。
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hot potato• That's when you see the Colonel and his council playing pass-the-parcel with a hot potato.• And Ireland was the sort of hot potato a Bagshaw feared most.• It had become a political hot potato, and time ran out as backers bickered over what tests to run.• Euthanasia for terminally ill patients is a political hot potato.political hot potato• It had become a political hot potato, and time ran out as backers bickered over what tests to run.ˌhot poˈtato nounChineseSyllable
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hot potato
ˌhot poˈtato
noun [countable]
a subject or problem that no one wants to deal with, because it is difficult and any decision might make people angry:
The issue has become a political hot potato.
ˌhot poˈtato
noun [countable]a subject or problem that no one wants to deal with, because it is difficult and any decision might make people angry: