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
Now she is being entrusted with a true political hot potato.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2023
Greece’s foreign ministry made a ham-handed bid to get rid of the hot potato by sneaking Ocalan out of the country and trying to hide him in the Greek Embassy in Kenya.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023
Maher said that over the past month negotiations have become a game of hot potato, with sellers and buyers both asking the other to cover the tax.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023
It’s like a hot potato that I’ve been holding on to for days.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
