Hot potato
Hot potato noun - A difficult situation.
Troublesome situation and hot potato are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Troublesome situation" instead a noun phrase "Hot potato".
Troublesome situation
Hot potato and troublesome situation are semantically related. You can use "Hot potato" instead a noun phrase "Troublesome situation".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- trouble and hot potato
- trouble and troublesome situation
- probability and hot potato
- probability and troublesome situation
- possibility and hot potato
- possibility and troublesome situation
- danger and hot potato
- danger and troublesome situation
- menace and hot potato
- menace and troublesome situation
- threat and hot potato
- threat and troublesome situation
- peril and hot potato
- peril and troublesome situation
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Troublesome situation and Hot potato. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hot_potato/troublesome_situation
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