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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