hot potato

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• Hot Potato — may refer to:*Hot Potato (game), a children s game that involves tossing a small object * Hot Potato (game show), an American television show from 1984 * Hot Potato (film), a film starring martial artist Jim Kelly * Hot Potato (song), a song by… …   Wikipedia

• hot potato — A problem or issue that is very controversial and no one wants to deal with is a hot potato …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• hot potato — hot po tato n 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 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hot potato — hot potatoes N COUNT If you describe a problem or issue as a hot potato, you mean that it is very difficult and nobody wants to deal with it. [INFORMAL] …   English dictionary

• hot potato — ► NOUN informal ▪ a controversial and awkward issue …   English terms dictionary

• hot potato — ☆ hot potato n. Informal a troubling or seemingly insoluble problem, issue, etc. that no one wants to handle …   English World dictionary

• hot potato — noun a difficult situation (Freq. 1) he dropped the topic like a hot potato • Hypernyms: ↑situation * * * noun, pl ⋯ toes [count] informal : an issue or question about which people have different opinions and feel very strongly He tried to avoid… …   Useful english dictionary

• hot potato — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hot potato : singular hot potato plural hot potatoes informal a difficult issue that people try to avoid dealing with or discussing …   English dictionary

• hot potato — n. a difficult problem. □ I sure don’t want to have to deal with that hot potato. □ This one is a hot potato. Ignore it for a while …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• hot potato —    A hot potato is a very sensitive and controversial matter which is difficult to deal with.     The new Prime Minister hasn t been confronted with any hot potatoes yet …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• hot potato — {n.}, {informal} A question that causes strong argument and is difficult to settle. * /Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the 1960s./ …   Dictionary of American idioms