hot potato
hot potato
Definition
hot potato
noun
☆ Informal a troubling or seemingly insoluble problem, issue, etc. that no one wants to handle
hot potato
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: A source said: " The environment is likely to become the political hot potato of the next parliament.
Adjective modifier
- political: A source said: " The environment is likely to become the political hot potato of the next parliament.
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