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hot-potato issue

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  • 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 — a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with …   Idioms and examples

  • hot potato — hot po tato noun count INFORMAL a difficult issue that people try to avoid dealing with or discussing …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hot potato — hot′ pota′to n. inf Informal. a situation or issue that is difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with • Etymology: 1840–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • hot potato — 1. Informal. a situation or issue that is difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with. 2. Brit. Informal. a baked potato. [1840 50] * * * …   Universalium

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