The Hot Potato

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• Hot Potato (game) — Hot potato is a game that involves players quickly gathering in a circle and tossing a small object such as a beanbag or tennis ball to each other while music plays. The player who has the hot potato last when the music stops is out. Play… …   Wikipedia

• Hot Potato (game show) — Infobox Television show name = Hot Potato caption = show name 2 = Celebrity Hot Potato genre = Game show creator = writer = Scott Wyant director = Richard S. Kline starring = Bill Cullen narrated = Charlie O Donnell theme music composer = Hal… …   Wikipedia

• Hot Potato — may refer to:*Hot Potato (game), a children s game that involves tossing a small object * Hot Potato (game show), an American television show from 1984 * Hot Potato (film), a film starring martial artist Jim Kelly * Hot Potato (song), a song by… …   Wikipedia

• hot potato — hot po tato n a subject or problem that no one wants to deal with, because it is difficult and any decision might make people angry ▪ The issue has become a political hot potato …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Hot-potato and cold-potato routing — This article is about the use of these terms in the context of routing policy. For the packet switching technique sometimes also called hot potato routing , see deflection routing. In commercial network routing between autonomous systems which… …   Wikipedia

• Hot Potato (song) — Infobox Single | Name = Hot Potato Artist = La Toya Jackson from Album = Heart Don t Lie Released = 1984 Format = 7 , 12 single Recorded = 1984 Genre = Pop/R B/Soul/Dance Length = 4:40 (Album Version), 3:42 (Single Version) Label = Epic Producer …   Wikipedia

• hot potato — noun a difficult situation (Freq. 1) he dropped the topic like a hot potato • Hypernyms: ↑situation * * * noun, pl ⋯ toes [count] informal : an issue or question about which people have different opinions and feel very strongly He tried to avoid… …   Useful english dictionary

• hot potato — noun a) A childs game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires. The politician hastened to distance himself from that political hot potato. b) An awkward or …   Wiktionary

• hot potato —    A hot potato is a very sensitive and controversial matter which is difficult to deal with.     The new Prime Minister hasn t been confronted with any hot potatoes yet …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• hot potato — a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with …   Idioms and examples