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hot potato

[hot potato] {n.}, {informal} A question that causes strong argument and is difficult to settle. * /Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the 1960s./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[couch potato] {n.} A person who is addicted to watching television all day. * /Poor Ted has become such a couch potato that we can't persuade him to do anything./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[French fried potato] or [French fry] {n.} A narrow strip of potato fried in deep fat. - Usually used in the plural. * /Sue ordered a hamburger and french fries./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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