Hot potato
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烫手山芋, 棘手的问题
a difficult or controversial issue or topic that is uncomfortable or risky to handle
Idiom
Informal
例子
The scandal surrounding the company 's financial practices became a hot potato that no executive wanted to address directly.
围绕公司财务做法的丑闻成了一块没人愿意直接处理的烫手山芋。
The controversial policy decision turned into a hot potato as various political figures distanced themselves from it.
这项有争议的政策决定变成了一个烫手山芋，因为各种政治人物都与之保持距离。
