English / idiom
A Hot Potato
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A sensitive or controversial issue that is awkward or dangerous to deal with.
In context
01
The proposed tax adjustment quickly turned into a political hot potato ahead of elections.
02
The committee dropped the zoning dispute because it had become an unbearable hot potato.
Synonyms
delicate matter,minefield,contentious issue
Antonyms
safe topic,non-issue,settled dispute
Collocations
drop like a hot potato,pass the hot potato,handle a hot potato