hot potato
Example Sentences
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They all agreed that they would get rid of this hot potato, adjourn quickly and go home for the holidays.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2024
Carpenter then tried to give it to Keoghan, but he refused, motioning at the statue as if it were a hot potato he was superstitious about jinxing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Now she is being entrusted with a true political hot potato.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023
Until then, they seem destined to stay a transit hot potato, passed in bursts from one private owner to another.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2023
In a new galley made by wrapping canvas around four oars stuck upright in the snow, Green kept the hot potato can stoked.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
