hot potato

Definitions

1. 1

   A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object…

   A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires.

2. 2

   An unwanted problem that is awkward or delicate.

   • The “lame duck” Johnson Administration, in its final fortnight in office, grappled last week with a diplomatic hot potato in the form of the latest Soviet proposal for a “just and lasting” Middle East peace settlement.
   • How do you handle the work of a woman out on leave, yet not lose a valuable employee down the road? At the same time, companies know this is a hot potato, and they have to do something.
   • Full connectivity returned 72 hours later, but the issue has become a hot potato in the US.

The neighborhood

• neighborhot button
• neighborthird rail
• neighbortoo hot to handle