Idiom
hot potato
Meaning
An unwanted problem that is awkward or delicate.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This issue is a hot potato that no one wants to touch.”
“The funding cuts became a political hot potato, with both parties trying to shift blame.”
“The controversial policy, once championed by the minister, had become a hot potato that her successors hastily abandoned.”
Examples
simple
“This issue is a hot potato that no one wants to touch.”
contextual
“The funding cuts became a political hot potato, with both parties trying to shift blame.”
complex
“The controversial policy, once championed by the minister, had become a hot potato that her successors hastily abandoned.”
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