TAR BABY


Meaning of TAR BABY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.