What happened yesterday was that he couldn't deal with the hot potato.

昨天发生的事就是他没能应付这个棘手的人。

youdao

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。

youdao

The originator will originate ANYTHING he can sell to a whole loan buyer to pass the hot potato on.

最初的贷款方将整个贷款这个烫手山芋往下传递。

youdao

The words hot potato,for example, give you no idea at all to the meaning of the expression,hot potato.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

So the questions must be dealt with carefully, the same way you would handle any other hot potato.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

Now we are getting close to the meaning of hot potato.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

As if passing the hot potato, fund managers have been buying and holding these bonds for a few years and then exchanging them for something else, Mr. Chappell said.

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Rather, they are being asked to buy based on the hope that they will eventually be able to pass the hot potato on to someone else before being burned.

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The move comes as Republicans grapple with the hot-potato issue of raising the government's borrowing limit later this year, one of the few must-do items on a dysfunctional Washington's agenda this year.

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