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hot potato
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hot potato
n. Informal
A problem that is so controversial or sensitive that those handling it risk unpleasant consequences: gun controla political hot potato.
hot potato
n
Slang an awkward or delicate matter
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Noun1.hot potato - a difficult situation; "he dropped the topic like a hot potato"
situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
Translations
hot potato n (fam) → patata bollente
to drop sb/sth like a hot potato → piantare in asso qn/qc
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