Guard
Guard noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.
Hot potato is an antonym for guard.
Hot potato
Hot potato noun - A difficult situation.
Both terms in one sentence
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Grenade Hot Potato: When Sabriel and Touchstone get ambushed in Corvere, Damed, one of their Royal Guard, attempts this, and while he succeeds in saving the king and queen, he dies.
Source: Literature / Old Kingdom
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