Tar baby
01
olösligt problem, klibbig fälla
a problem that becomes more difficult to deal with the more one tries to solve it
Idiom
Informal
Exempel
Sarah realized that her addiction to gambling had become a tar baby; the more she tried to quit, the deeper she got sucked into the destructive cycle.
Sarah insåg att hennes spelberoende hade blivit en tjärdocka; ju mer hon försökte sluta, desto djupare drogs hon in i den destruktiva cykeln.
