Hot potato synonyms | phrases

Phrases with similar meaning for Hot potato

• war of words

  controversial issue, celebrated case
• talk of the town

  celebrated case
• dire straits

  critical situation
• moment of truth

  critical situation
• point of no return

  critical situation
• turning point

  critical situation
• big trouble

  critical situation
• hour of decision
• double trouble

  hazard, danger
• risky business

  hazard, danger
• thin ice

  hazard, danger
• bone of contention

  controversial issue
• moot point

  controversial issue
• celebrated case

  controversial issue
• grist for the gossip mill

  controversial issue, celebrated case
• political football

  celebrated case
• controversial case

  celebrated case
• controversial issue
• matter of the moment
• topic of the day
• thorny subject
• tetchy subject
• troublesome situation
• critical situation
• tricky problem
• knotty problem
• sensitive issue
• live issue
• hot potatoes
• cause celebre
• double-trouble
• anvil chorus
• way the cookie crumbles
• volte-face
• flip flop
• way cookie crumbles
• premature delivery
• on the skids
• rotten luck
• bad break
• way the ball bounces
• fixed future
• hard knock
• rear-ender
• wrong side
• bad omen
• stack-up
• handwriting on wall
• blue ruin
• fell stroke