third rail

It’d be great to have German generals that actually do what we ask them to do,’ maybe not fully being cognizant of the third rail of German generals who were Nazis, or whatever,” said Kilmeade.

Political implications: Social Security is so popular among voters that it’s most often compared to the third rail of a subway track — the one that gets you electrocuted if you touch it.

She made it clear that she thought the park — long a controversial “third rail” that campus leaders avoided — was a good location for a new dormitory.

“It’s director Colin Trevorrow taught me something called the third rail, which is the rail on a subway system that will shock you. He told me, ‘Goofball is your third rail.

Yucca Mountain is a third rail in Nevada politics — akin to the limits on California property tax increases created by Proposition 13.