n. , slang 1. The electric chair used to cause death by electrocution in legal executions. Many a man has controlled a murderous rage when he thought of the hot seat. 2. informal A position in which you can easily get into trouble. A judge in a beauty contest is on the hot seat. If he chooses one girl, the other girls will be angry with him.
HOT SEAT
Meaning of HOT SEAT in English
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012