烫手山芋
tàngshǒu shānyù
a hot potato
释义 Meaning
"烫手山芋"的字面意思是很烫的山芋（红薯）。比喻不好的事物或者很难解决的问题。
The literally meaning of "烫手山芋" is a hot potato. It metaphorically refers a bad thing or a problem difficult to solve.
例句 Sentences
1、他第一天到公司上班，就接到了一块烫手山芋——一件很复杂的案子。
Tā dìyítiān dào gōngsī shàngbān, jiù jiēdào le yíkuài tàngshǒu shānyù——yī jiàn hěn fùzá de ànzǐ.
He got a hot potato, a very complicated case on his first day in this company.
2、这支股票现在成了烫手山芋，要砸在手里了。
Zhè zhī gǔpiào xiànzài chéng le tàngshǒu shānyù, yào zá zài shǒu lǐ le.
This stock becomes a hot potato that almost could not be sold.
- complicated [´kɔmplikeitid]
a.结构复杂的；难懂的 (初中英语单词) - literally [´litərəli] ad.逐字地；实际上 (高中英语单词)