hot potaton.

Brit.

/ˌhɒt pəˈteɪtəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌhɑt pəˈteɪdoʊ/

Forms: see hot adj. and n.¹ and potato n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hot adj., potato n.

Etymology: < hot adj. + potato n.In sense 2 rhyming slang, depending on the pronunciation of potato as /pəˈteɪtə/.

a. to drop (a thing or person) like a hot potato: to abandon (something or someone) hastily.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > quickly

to drop (a thing or person) like a hot potato1821

1821 Kaleidoscope 7 Aug. 40/1 You prudently drop that subject, as Pat says, ‘like a hot potato.’

1846 Spirit of Times 6 June 170/1 I dropped the divine's arm ‘like a hot potatoe’.

1861 H. Rhys Theatr. Trip for Wager xi. 96 A deep growl..made me drop the article like a hot potato.

1886 B. P. Poore Perley's Reminisc. I. 448 They dropped him like a hot potato when they learned that he had accepted a place on the Republican Committee of his State.

1901 Times 1 July 11/4 Six years ago they took up the subject, but dropped it like a hot potato, when their own unpreparedness..raised unforeseen difficulties.

1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xiv. 169 She dropped him, but not like a hot brick or a hot potato.

1989 D. Merwin Vessel of Wrath in A. Stevenson Bitter Fame 344 Bill's lethally polite brush-off..would have shamed most women into dropping the come-hither like a hot potato.

b. Originally U.S. A game in which players quickly pass a ball or other small object to one another until signalled to stop (by music being stopped, etc.), at which point the person left holding it is out or incurs a forfeit. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > other party or parlour games

drawing of glovesc1540

drawing gloves1599

substantives and adjectives1601

draw gloves1648

grinning-match1711

Move All1782

consequences1811

stagecoach1831

letters1845

Russian scandal1861

buzz1864

snap1865

slappy1868

apple-ducking1886

up Jenkins1889

piladex1895

telephone1910

hot potato1915

sardines1924

murder in the dark1930

pass the parcel1953

seven minutes in (also of) heaven1953

Chinese whispers1964

1915 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 15 310 Next we played ‘hot potato’.

1964 Independent (Pasadena, Calif.) 16 July b2/4 San Francisco and Philadelphia marked time in their game of hot potato with the National League top spot.

1997 K. Atkinson Human Croquet (1998) 288 ‘How about a game of something?’ Mrs Baxter says brightly. ‘How about Rhubarb Charades or Hot Potato?’

2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 June i. 22/3 In the dining hall, games to promote team-building, like hot potato, sparked laughter.

c. Something difficult or painful to deal with; a controversial or awkward matter or situation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or delicacy > a difficult or delicate matter or task

nicety1725

egg-dance1801

hot brick1865

hot potato1952

1942 Yank 17 June 17/2 Was a time, a year or so ago, when this subject would have been too hot a potato for us to handle.]

1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) xiii. 257 It was a very hot potato... I chose to ignore the question.

1958 Economist 20 Dec. 1062/2 It has..dropped the hot-potato question of future UN forces.

1969 New Scientist 16 Oct. 116/1 The current hot potato in the sociological field is the question of poverty in Britain today.

1988 R. Powers Prisoner's Dilemma x. 181 The whole infrastructure of the roundup will crumble into embarrassing and indefensible double standards. The situation is what is known in political science as a hot potato.

2000 Denver Post 15 Oct. i7/1 Livestock grazing on public lands has long been a political hot potato in the West.

2. British slang. A waiter. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > in inn or restaurant

aproner1611

waiter1664

garçon1788

tendera1825

hash slinger1868

officer1886

Robert1886

hasher1891

tender1901

hot potato1909

floor-waiter1930

waitperson1973

waitron1980

1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 155/1 Hot potato (False Rhyming—Music Hall, 1880). Waiter.

1960 J. Franklyn Dict. Rhyming Slang 77/2 Hot potato, waiter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hot potato
释义	hot potaton. Brit. /ˌhɒt pəˈteɪtəʊ/, U.S. /ˌhɑt pəˈteɪdoʊ/ Forms: see hot adj. and n.¹ and potato n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hot adj., potato n. Etymology: < hot adj. + potato n.In sense 2 rhyming slang, depending on the pronunciation of potato as /pəˈteɪtə/. 1. a. to drop (a thing or person) like a hot potato: to abandon (something or someone) hastily. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > quickly to drop (a thing or person) like a hot potato1821 1821 Kaleidoscope 7 Aug. 40/1 You prudently drop that subject, as Pat says, ‘like a hot potato.’ 1846 Spirit of Times 6 June 170/1 I dropped the divine's arm ‘like a hot potatoe’. 1861 H. Rhys Theatr. Trip for Wager xi. 96 A deep growl..made me drop the article like a hot potato. 1886 B. P. Poore Perley's Reminisc. I. 448 They dropped him like a hot potato when they learned that he had accepted a place on the Republican Committee of his State. 1901 Times 1 July 11/4 Six years ago they took up the subject, but dropped it like a hot potato, when their own unpreparedness..raised unforeseen difficulties. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xiv. 169 She dropped him, but not like a hot brick or a hot potato. 1989 D. Merwin Vessel of Wrath in A. Stevenson Bitter Fame 344 Bill's lethally polite brush-off..would have shamed most women into dropping the come-hither like a hot potato. b. Originally U.S. A game in which players quickly pass a ball or other small object to one another until signalled to stop (by music being stopped, etc.), at which point the person left holding it is out or incurs a forfeit. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > other party or parlour games drawing of glovesc1540 drawing gloves1599 substantives and adjectives1601 draw gloves1648 grinning-match1711 Move All1782 consequences1811 stagecoach1831 letters1845 Russian scandal1861 buzz1864 snap1865 slappy1868 apple-ducking1886 up Jenkins1889 piladex1895 telephone1910 hot potato1915 sardines1924 murder in the dark1930 pass the parcel1953 seven minutes in (also of) heaven1953 Chinese whispers1964 1915 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 15 310 Next we played ‘hot potato’. 1964 Independent (Pasadena, Calif.) 16 July b2/4 San Francisco and Philadelphia marked time in their game of hot potato with the National League top spot. 1997 K. Atkinson Human Croquet (1998) 288 ‘How about a game of something?’ Mrs Baxter says brightly. ‘How about Rhubarb Charades or Hot Potato?’ 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 June i. 22/3 In the dining hall, games to promote team-building, like hot potato, sparked laughter. c. Something difficult or painful to deal with; a controversial or awkward matter or situation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or delicacy > a difficult or delicate matter or task nicety1725 egg-dance1801 hot brick1865 hot potato1952 1942 Yank 17 June 17/2 Was a time, a year or so ago, when this subject would have been too hot a potato for us to handle.] 1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) xiii. 257 It was a very hot potato... I chose to ignore the question. 1958 Economist 20 Dec. 1062/2 It has..dropped the hot-potato question of future UN forces. 1969 New Scientist 16 Oct. 116/1 The current hot potato in the sociological field is the question of poverty in Britain today. 1988 R. Powers Prisoner's Dilemma x. 181 The whole infrastructure of the roundup will crumble into embarrassing and indefensible double standards. The situation is what is known in political science as a hot potato. 2000 Denver Post 15 Oct. i7/1 Livestock grazing on public lands has long been a political hot potato in the West. 2. British slang. A waiter. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > in inn or restaurant aproner1611 waiter1664 garçon1788 tendera1825 hash slinger1868 officer1886 Robert1886 hasher1891 tender1901 hot potato1909 floor-waiter1930 waitperson1973 waitron1980 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 155/1 Hot potato (False Rhyming—Music Hall, 1880). Waiter. 1960 J. Franklyn Dict. Rhyming Slang 77/2 Hot potato, waiter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821
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