HyperDic: hot_potato

English > 1 sense of the expression hot potato:
NOUNstatehot potatoa difficult situation
English > hot potato: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA difficult situation.
Example"he dropped the topic like a hot potato"
BroadersituationA complex or critical or unusual difficulty
Spanishcarbón ardiente, patata caliente

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