英语常用短语--Hot Potato

Andy: Ally, 在中文里有个词叫烫手的山芋，知道是什么意思吗？Ally: 知道呀，就是指叫人头疼的事, 棘手的事情。英语里也有个对应的词叫“a hot potato.” 是指让人想起来就头大的事情。比如说：Handling customers’ complaints is a hot potato. I don’t know what to do. 处理顾客的抱怨可是件令人头疼的事。我不知该怎么做了。This is a hot potato to the government. 这是一件政府面临的棘手的问题。  Ally: What do you think are hot potatoes in the United States?Andy: Well.Let me think. I would say gun control is a hot potato. Ally, what do you think?Ally: I agree with you.