| 单词 | hot potato |
| 释义 | hot potatoSEE SYNONYMS FOR hot potato ON THESAURUS.COM nounInformal. a situation or issue that is difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with. British Informal. a baked potato. Origin of hot potatoFirst recorded in 1840–50 Words nearby hot potatohot pants, hot pepper, hot plate, hot pool, hot pot, hot potato, hot-press, hot pressing, hot rod, hot rodder, hot-roll Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for hot potatohot potato nounslang an awkward or delicate matter Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with hot potatohot potato A problem so controversial and sensitive that it is risky to deal with. For example, Gun control is a political hot potato. This term, dating from the mid-1800s, alludes to the only slightly older expression drop like a hot potato, meaning “to abandon something or someone quickly” (lest one be burned). The idiom alludes to the fact that cooked potatoes retain considerable heat because they contain a lot of water. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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