a hot potato

/ə ˌhɒt pəˈteɪtəʊ/NEUTRAL · C1
中文對應近似對應
燙手山芋

意思

a difficult subject that people argue about

引起爭論的棘手話題.

例句

  1. 1Working from home has become a hot potato in our office since the new boss arrived.
  2. 2The pay cut was such a hot potato that nobody at the meeting wanted to mention it.
  3. 3Where to spend Christmas is always a hot potato in our family, so we try not to discuss it early.
  4. 4The new office dress code is a hot potato, and staff have been arguing about it for weeks.
  5. 5Is homework at weekends still such a hot potato, or have the parents finally agreed?

文法

可數:a hot potato、hot potatoes。hot 前常加 political 等形容詞。

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