hot potato
Example Sentences
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She compared the work to a game of hot potato.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
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
However, Ms Jones accepted there are opponents to the tax, describing it as a "hot potato" in tourism.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2023
I would slide right over the reporter’s question to drop into his lap a logical-extension hot potato for him.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
