hot potato 烫手山芋
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hot potato 烫手山芋(喻指棘手的问题)
They will do anything they can to drop her like a hot potato.
他们会想尽办法把她这个烫手山芋给甩掉。
in hot water 遇到麻烦
I needed to be at the airport early, and as I got into a taxi I was worried that I might be in hot water if traffic congestion was worse than normal.
我需要早些到机场,所以我在坐上出租车时担心,要是交通比平常拥堵的话,我就麻烦了。