Translations for „hot potato“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

hot potato <-oes> N fig

hot potato

злободне́вный вопро́с m

hot potato

щекотли́вая те́ма f

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English

Pretty soon these properties are going to be a hot potato.

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But immigration is another political hot potato, not to mention the possible outcry over limiting immigration by age.

www.stuff.co.nz

But by being belligerently truculent she has singlehandedly turned herself into a political hot potato.

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As the abscess develops, persistent pain in the peritonsillar area, fever, malaise, headache and a distortion of vowels informally known as hot potato voice may appear.

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But it has been a political hot potato for seven years.

news.bbc.co.uk

That will make any takeover a political hot potato.

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And for some reason it becomes a political hot potato.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Perhaps it's time to make the needs of this group a political hot potato.

www.stuff.co.nz

The player who is holding the hot potato when the music stops is out.

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The bill's own primary sponsor was among those dropping it like a hot potato after hearing public testimony.

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