hot potato
Example Sentences
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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
It's also a regressive approach similar to the hot potato tossing seen in very special episodes of 1980s and 1990s TV where reproductive choices were acknowledged but never discussed in detail.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 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
I wasn’t going to tell her about that “Getting to Know You” paper dropped onto Mrs. Willibey’s desk like a hot potato or about Howard being my Backpack Buddy, so I just said, “Nothing.”
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
