hot potato
A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the…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.
» The three of us ate hot dogs and potato salad.
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2 senses(uncountable)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.
карто́шкаkartóška
(countable, idiomatic)An unwanted problem that is awkward or delicate.
heißes Eisen
- a difficult situation
Examples
3 sentencesThe three of us ate hot dogs and potato salad.
Joan dropped her husband like a hot potato.
deJoan ließ ihren Ehemann fallen wie eine heiße Kartoffel. — Zaghawa
Nothing tastes better than a hot jacket potato with butter.
Translations
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Forms
plural: hot potatoes| Singular | hot potato |
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irregular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable