烫手山芋（棘手的问题）
n.棘手的问题
If I were you, I'd drop that client a hot potato.───假如我是你的话, 我就把那个难以应付的顾客马上甩掉.
The Mideast conflict is really a hot potato for all politicians around the world.───中东问题对世界所有的政治家来说都是个烫手的山芋.
He dropped the topic like a hot potato.───他放弃了这个棘手的话题.
However, the dollar is a hot potato, tasteless but wasteful to discard.───但是, 现在的美元是烫手的山芋, 食之无味,弃之可惜.
Warm up with a hot potato.───用一个热土豆来取暖。
Eventually those dollars will come home, they have to, as a function of math. In the meantime, passing the buck like a hot potato does not work.───数学的功能上说，最终这些美元将必须回到美国。同时，将美元像个烫手山芋一样推出去是做不到的。
Steve: It'sure is. If you were broke, she'd drop you like a hot potato.───史蒂夫: 当然啊! 如果你口袋没钱了, 你就会像烫手山芋一样被她甩掉.
When we learned of the conviction, we dropped him like a hot potato.───听说他判了罪, 我们立即和他中断了往来.
Mon operating strategy, a hot potato? Do not do it in the bird cage.───周一操作策略, 烫手的山芋谁来接? 不要去做笼中鸟.
Consequently the brain drain has become a hot potato which needs to solve.───人才流失问题已成为山西邮政亟待解决的重要问题.
meantime, passing the buck like a hot potato does not work.───同时，将美元像个烫手山芋一样推出去是做不到的。
hot potato───烫手山芋（喻指棘手的问题）；（英）烤土豆
a couch potato───一个成天看电视的人
jacket potato───带皮烤的马铃薯
Idaho potato───爱达荷马铃薯
a hot button───热按钮
air potato───黄独
hot potatoes───烫手山芋（喻指棘手的问题）；（英）烤土豆
sweet potato───甘薯；红薯；芋头
white potato───n.马铃薯；土豆