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1 the hot seat
1) элeктpичecкий cтул (в CШA)2) oчeнь тpуднoe или oпacнoe пoлoжeниe (oбыкн. in или on the hot seat пoд oгнём кpитики) After fifteen months in this critical hot seat... between listeners and the BBC I am saying my farewell (The.Listener). Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates has some company on the hot seat: Assistant Chief Robert Vernon. The No. 2 man in the... officer department is under fire for religious views (USA Today) -
2 hot seat
n1) infmlThe politician will be in the hot seat on television tonight answering some unpleasant questions — Этот политический деятель будет сегодня чувствовать себя довольно неуютно перед телекамерой, поскольку ему придется отвечать на ряд щекотливых вопросов
I was in the hot seat for about an hour but they didn't learn anything from me — Они пытали меня целый час, но ничего от меня не узнали
2) infml esp AmEShe was succeeded in the hot seat by a very small pot from the State Department — Вслед за ней на место для дачи свидетельских показаний поднялся один мелкий чиновник из Госдепа
3) AmE slWhat was his last request before they gave him the hot seat? — Какая у него была последняя просьба, прежде чем они посадили его на электрический стул?
You're headed for the hot seat — Смотри, угодишь на электрический стул
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