"hot potato" in Chinese (Simplified)
烫手山芋棘手问题
Definition
“Hot potato” 指的是一个棘手或有争议的问题，人们不愿意处理，因为涉及风险或会让人不舒服。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
通常为口语或非正式场合表达，指难以处理的政治、工作等敏感话题。可说“pass the hot potato”。与食物无关，只是比喻用法。
Examples
The new tax law is a hot potato for the government.
新税法成了政府的**hot potato**。
No one wants to talk about the hot potato in the office.
办公室里没人愿意讨论这个**hot potato**。
That question was a real hot potato during the meeting.
那个问题在会议上成了真正的**hot potato**。
As soon as the scandal broke, it turned into a hot potato nobody wanted to touch.
丑闻爆发后，这就变成了没人愿意碰的**hot potato**。
He handed the hot potato over to his colleague and walked away.
他把这**hot potato**交给了同事然后走开了。
"Climate change is a hot potato topic in many countries," she said.
“气候变化在很多国家都是个**hot potato**话题”，她说。