- hot potato
- noun Date: 1950 a controversial question or issue that involves unpleasant or dangerous consequences for anyone dealing with it
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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
