HOT POTATO

Meaning of HOT POTATO in English

1. Informal. a situation or issue that is difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with.

2. Brit. Informal. a baked potato.

[ 1840-50 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HOT POTATO — noun Date: 1950 a controversial question or issue that involves unpleasant or dangerous consequences for anyone dealing with it
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOT POTATO — noun : a question or issue that involves unpleasant or dangerous consequences for anyone dealing with it bingo parties and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOT POTATO — baked potato (Slang); topic which is avoided due to its controversial qualities
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOT POTATO — Date: 1950 : a controversial question or issue that involves unpleasant or dangerous consequences for anyone dealing with it
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOT POTATO — Function: noun Date: 1950 : a controversial question or issue that involves unpleasant or dangerous consequences for anyone dealing with …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HOT POTATO — ■ noun informal a controversial and awkward issue or situation.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOT POTATO — [hot potato] n (1846): a controversial question or issue that involves unpleasant or dangerous consequences for anyone dealing with it
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOT POTATO — noun [ usually sing. ] ( informal ) a problem, situation, etc. that is difficult and unpleasant to deal with
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT POTATO — ˌhot poˈtato BrE AmE noun [countable] a subject or problem that no one wants to deal with, because it is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOT POTATO — ( hot potatoes) If you describe a problem or issue as a hot potato , you mean that it is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT POTATO — (~es) If you describe a problem or issue as a ~, you mean that it is very difficult and nobody …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HOT POTATO — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Euthanasia for terminally ill patients is a political hot potato . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOT POTATO — {n.}, {informal} A question that causes strong argument and is difficult to settle. * /Many school boards found segregation a …
Slang English vocab
HOT POTATO — See ↑ DIFFICULT 5
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT POTATO — {n.}, {informal} A question that causes strong argument and is difficult to settle. * /Many school boards found segregation a …
Словарь английских идиом
HOT POTATO — a question or argument that is controversial and difficult to settle The issue of building the nuclear power plant is …
English Idioms vocab
HOT POTATO — See drop him like a hot potato
English Idioms vocabulary
HOT POTATO — n. , informal A question that causes strong argument and is difficult to settle. Many school boards found segregation a …
American Idioms English vocabulary
HOT POTATO — щекотливая тема to drop smth. like a hot potato ≈ отказаться, отступиться от чего-л.
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOT POTATO — _n. щекотливый вопрос
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOT POTATO — щекотливая тема to drop smth. like a hot potato — отказаться, отступиться от чего-л.
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOT POTATO — злободневный вопрос, щекотливая тема
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOT POTATO — злободневный вопрос, щекотливая тема
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOT POTATO — щекотливая тема to drop smth. like a hot potato — отказаться, отступиться от чего-л.
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOT POTATO — щекотливая тема to drop smth. like a hot potato — отказаться, отступиться от чего-л.
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HOT POTATO — _n. щекотливый вопрос
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HOT POTATO — n. щекотливый вопрос
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HOT POTATO — n infml 1) Everyone can see how the boss looks when he handles a hot potato — Все могли видеть, как выглядит …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
HOT POTATO — n infml 1) Everyone can see how the boss looks when he handles a hot potato — Все могли видеть, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
HOT POTATO — hot potato n infml 1. Everyone can see how the boss looks when he handles a hot potato Все могли …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
HOT POTATO — 1) Everyone can see how the boss looks when he handles a hot potato — Все могли видеть, как выглядит …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
HOT POTATO — щекотливая тема to drop smth. like a hot potato ≈ отказаться, отступиться от чего-л.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTATO — I Herbaceous annual ( Solanum tuberosum ) in the nightshade family . One of the world's main food crops, the …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
POTATO — pəˈtād.(ˌ)ō, -ād.ə, -ātə sometimes pəd.ˈād.- noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish patata, batata, from Taino batata 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POTATO — /peuh tay"toh, -teuh/ , n. , pl. potatoes . 1. Also called Irish potato, white potato . the edible tuber …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POTATO — pə-ˈdā-, bə- noun ( plural -toes ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish batata, from Taino Date: 1565 1. : sweet …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POTATO — noun the sweet potato (see below). 2. potato ·noun a plant (solanum tuberosum) of the nightshade family, and its esculent …
Webster English vocab
POTATO — [po.ta.to] n, pl -toes often attrib [Sp batata, fr. Taino] (1565) 1: sweet potato 2. a: an erect So. American …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOT
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POTATO — (Solanum tuberosum), one of some 150 tuber-bearing species of the genus Solanum (family Solanaceae). The potato (common potato, white potato, …
Britannica English vocabulary
POTATO — potato BrE AmE pə ˈteɪt əʊ !!bə- AmE \ pə ˈteɪt̬ oʊ pət̬ ˈeɪt̬-, -ə ▷ potato|es z ▶ po …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOT — hot BrE AmE hɒt AmE hɑːt ▷ hots hɒts AmE hɑːts ▷ hotted ˈhɒt ɪd -əd AmE ˈhɑːt̬ əd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POTATO — / pəˈteɪtəʊ; NAmE -toʊ/ noun [ C , U ] ( pl. -oes ) a round white vegetable with a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — / hɒt; NAmE hɑːt/ adjective , verb ■ adjective ( hot·ter , hot·test ) TEMPERATURE 1. having a high temperature; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POTATO — po ‧ ta ‧ to S2 /pəˈteɪtəʊ $ -toʊ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural potatoes ) [ Date: 1500-1600 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POTATO — n. (pl. -oes) 1 a starchy plant tuber that is cooked and used for food. 2 the plant, Solanum tuberosum, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOT — adj., v., & adv. adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POTATO — n. (pl. -oes) 1. a starchy plant tuber that is cooked and used for food. 2 the plant, Solanum tuberosum, …
Oxford English vocab
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1. a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Oxford English vocab
POTATO — ( potatoes) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Potatoes are quite round …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — ( hotter, hottest, hots, hotting, hotted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POTATO — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a tomato/potato/bean etc plant ▪ Bean plants are easy to grow. couch potato fruit/potato salad …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cold/warm/hot spell ▪ There was a very cold spell in late November. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POTATO — [noun] [plural] potatoes - a roundish white vegetable with a light brown, red or pink skin which grows underground and …
Cambridge English vocab
POTATO — n. Colorado potato beetle potato bug Irish Potato Famine potato beetle sweet potato
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POTATO — n. Herbaceous annual ( Solanum tuberosum ) in the nightshade family . One of the world's main food crops, the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOT — INDEX: 1. objects/surfaces/liquids 2. food/drink 3. room/place/weather 4. warm, but not hot 5. when you feel hot 6. clothes that …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — See ↑ FASHIONABLE/NOT FASHIONABLE 1, ↑ HOT 1,2,3,5, ↑ TASTE 6, ↑ WEATHER 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ baking/baking hot • …
Longman Activator English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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