TAR BABY


Meaning of TAR BABY in English

Function: noun

Etymology: from the tar baby that trapped Brer Rabbit in an Uncle Remus story by Joel Chandler Harris

Date: circa 1910

: something from which it is nearly impossible to extricate oneself

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.