hot potato

☆ Informal a troubling or seemingly insoluble problem, issue, etc. that no one wants to handle

See hot potato in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Informal

A problem that is so controversial or sensitive that those handling it risk unpleasant consequences: gun control—a political hot potato.

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