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
Untangling this game of three-dimensional legal hot potato will require extensive, expensive investigations.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 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
“Atomic energy was a hot potato for the government. If done right, we were told, atomic energy could do wonderful things for us,” he said.
From Slate • Mar. 7, 2023
She would go home, she would make hot potato soup for the three of them, and then she would take out her new pencils and draw.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
