■ noun informal, chiefly US a difficult problem which is only aggravated by attempts to solve it.
Origin
with allusion to the doll smeared with tar as a trap for Brer Rabbit, in J. C. Harris's Uncle Remus .
■ noun informal, chiefly US a difficult problem which is only aggravated by attempts to solve it.
Origin
with allusion to the doll smeared with tar as a trap for Brer Rabbit, in J. C. Harris's Uncle Remus .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004