The Hot Potato的意思|示意

Hot Potato is the kind of sport where you don't want to be left holding the ball.

烫手的山芋是一种你不想拿着球的一种运动。

Mathematically, the hot potato (US dollars), will eventually return to the US.

从数学上分析，这些烫手山芋（这些美元）最终还得回到美国手里。

Just look, says Mr Glickman, at how both parties treated the deficit-reduction proposals last year of the bipartisan Bowles-Simpson commission as a potato too hot to handle.

看看吧，格里·科曼说到，看看去年两党联立的保尔森·辛普森委员会上，双方是如何将财政赤字削减提议作为烫手山芋抛来抛去的吧。

The hot potato flew farther: IFAD's board acknowledged its "Shared responsibility"; but it also blamed poor guidance from a committee that deals with pay and allowances.

责任越传越广：IFAD的理事会了解到他们的“应分担的责任”，但他们也在怪罪一个负责支付和津贴的委员会，说他们引导不力。

One of the beauties of being a deputy is that when passed a hot potato you can always respond by handing it on to your boss.

做一位副手的优点之一就是，当你接过一个烫手的山芋时，你总能把它扔给老板。

You must, when you are firing up potato croquets , make sure your extra virgin olive oil is very hot, this way the potato croquet will not disturb the oil, make it a nice crispy.

你必须，当你在火上做这个菜时，要让特级新榨橄榄油非常热，这样土豆球才不会让油乱套，才能保证外表很脆。