I had to get rid of her.

我得摆脱她这烫手山芋。

Well, this could turn out to be a bed of nails.

这可能个烫手山芋。

No alibi whatsoever. It's a hot potato.

没有不在场的证据。真个烫手山芋啊。

He said it had been a continued terrible problem in American history.

他说，种族隔离在国历史上一直个烫手山芋。

Imagine like you have a hot potato in the back of your mouth, 'bruk'.

想象一下，你的嘴巴后面有一个烫手山芋，“bruk”。

But be careful not to bring a hot potato to the table!

意不要把" 烫手山芋（hot potato）" 带到桌上去！

The term " hot potato" means an issue or question about which people feel very strongly.

短语" hot potato（烫手山芋）" 意思一个让大家产生强烈情绪的问题。

What is the difference between a hot potato and bank on?

烫手山芋和银行有什么区别？

Man, I thought you were going to gift wrap this for me.

天哪 真送来个烫手山芋啊。

I'm throwing you in the deep end here.

我这把烫手山芋扔给了你。

When he saw me he dropped her like a hot potato.

当他看到我时，他像烫手山芋一样把她扔了下来。

The Blond Bob dropped her like a hot potato.

金发鲍勃把她像烫手山芋一样甩了。

I was like a hot potato, except in this game, everyone wanted me.

我就像一个烫手山芋，除了在这场比赛中，每个人都想要我。

Don't stop moving. It's hot potato, fellas. Hot potato!

别停下来 你手上的个烫手山芋 别停下来！

Yeah, it's a phrase, a small phrase, and that's what " hot potato" is, it's a noun phrase, hot potato.

的，这一个短语， 一个小短语， 这就“烫手山芋” ，它一个名词短语，烫手山芋。

And if an issue is too controversial, it might be a good idea to " drop it like a hot potato."

如果一个问题太有争议性，也许“像扔烫手山芋那样扔掉它（drop it like a hot potato 马上放弃）”个好主意。

The apparently daunting task of arguing that the economy is stronger yet still too weak for giveaways turned out to be a cinch.

至于那个显然烫手山芋似的任务，即申明经济虽然好转依然无力分派福利，现在也把握十足。

And that also can make a politician very unpopular. So the questions must be dealt with carefully, the same way you would handle any other hot potato.

那样政客就很不得人心，所以必须小心处理这些问题，要像对待烫手山芋那样小心。

It's become something of a political hot potato this week where asylum seekers, most of whom have come across the English Channel in small boats, are going for processing.

本周它已成为一个政治烫手山芋，寻求庇护者，其中大多数人乘坐小船穿越英吉利海峡，正在接受处理。

Instead of helping Adams, however, the canal became a political hot potato, because Senator Martin Van Buren and his friends insisted the venture proved that states did not need federal assistance to build roads or canals.

然而, 运河并没有帮助亚当斯, 而成为了一个政治烫手山芋, 因为参议员马丁·范布伦和他的朋友们坚持认为, 这项冒险证明各州不需要联邦援助来修建道路或运河。