hot potato

The rule is to take the flashcard as a hot potato and pass it around very quickly while crying out the word, the quickest team will win.

玩法是把卡片当成烫手的土豆，一张张很快地传下去，边传边喊出那张卡片的单词，最后看哪个组完成得最快。

It had become a political hot potato, and time ran out as backers bickered over what tests to run.

它成了一个政治上的棘手问题，并且在支持者为竞选评价的争吵中耗尽了时间。

The question of whether to raise taxes to cut the budget deficit is a real hot potato for a lot of politicians.

对许多政客来说是否用提高税收来减少预算赤字的办法真的是一个很有争议的问题。

He learned that his idea would cost such a pile of money, he dropped it like a hot potato.

当他意识到他的方案需要很大一笔经费时，马上放弃了。

The principal thought it a hot potato to move the school to a new site.

一个校长认为把学校搬到新地方去是一个很棘手的问题。

Food is a political hot potato, and accounts for a third of the basket of goods used to calculate inflation.

食品在政治上是一个烫手山芋，而且在计算通货膨胀率的商品篮子中占了三分之一。

If you were looking for hot growth stocks, you would probably find Icon of interest but drop Knoll like a hot potato.

如果你在寻找高成长性的股票，你可能会对Icon很感兴趣而把Knoll当烫手山芋。

Soon after he allowed the young man to work in his office, the boss realized that he had been handed a hot potato.

老板刚一允许这个年轻人在他那里工作，他就意识到引来了麻烦。

So the questions must be dealt with carefully, the same way you would handle any other hot potato.

所以，这些问题必须谨慎处理，就好象你处理其他烫手山芋一样。

As soon as the Prime Minister realized the depth of opposition to his new proposal , he dropped it like a hot potato .

首相了解到人们强烈反对他的新提案之后，马上就把它撤消了。

I'm sure it has been a hot potato to many Chinese students.

我敢说对于大多数中国学生来说这都是个烫手山芋。

What happened yesterday was that he couldn't deal with the hot potato.

昨天产生的事便是他没能应付这个毒手的人。

The one with Hosni Mubarak (though not the one with Egypt itself) was dropped like a hot potato once the protests began.

美国同胡尼斯。穆巴拉克的关系，从抗议活动开始后就视其如烫手山芋般而弃之。

You probably would not want to hold a hot potato in your bare hands. This also means a problem or issue that no one wants to deal with.

你可能也不希望holdahotpotatoinyourbarehands（接手烫手山芋），意思是无人愿意处理的问题或争端。

This once again we confirm that the Japanese bureaucratic tradition, the hot potato issue be transferred to other departments of the style.

这再一次让我们确认了日本官场传统上，将烫手的山芋转给其他部门的作风问题。

The moment pakistan becomes irrelevant for Unkil and India you would drop it like a hot potato.

当巴基斯坦和乌克兰，印度撇清关系之后，你就会像烫手山芋一样扔开它。

It is really a hot potato for you, but it will add to your credit if you manage to do it.

这对于你来说的确很棘手，但你做好了就能为自己赢得荣誉。

One of the beauties of being a deputy is that when passed a hot potato you can always respond by handing it on to your boss.

做一位副手的优点之一就是，当你接过一个烫手的山芋时，你总能把它扔给老板。

But the breakdown of traditional family units, youth crime and binge drinking are a political hot potato for Mr Blair's government.

不过，对布莱尔政府来说，传统家庭单位的解体、青年犯罪和酗酒却是一个棘手的政治问题。

The racial discrimination issue was a political hot potato in the United States in the past.

在过去，种族歧视问题是美国政治上的一个棘手问题。