在西方家庭中，人们经常会做烤土豆作为配菜，我们想象一下，刚出炉的烤土豆，如果你马上拿在手里是不是很烫手呢？今天的习语”hot potato”其实不关土豆什么事，那么是什么意思呢？ C: Hi guys. I’m Chris. J: And I’m Joy. The idiom we are talking about today is: a hot potato. It means that something is very difficult to handle. You can use it like this: It’s a hot potato. / That was a hot potato. / This is gonna be a hot potato. C: Hey Joy, have you ever played the game Hot Potato? J: Oh yeah, isn’t that the game that you have to keep a ball moving and out of your hands, and if the music stops and it’s still in your hands, you’re out. Right? C: Yeah that’s right. So the ball is like a potato that is too hot to touch. The idiom is talking about the same thing. If someone handed you a hot potato, you would have to try to get rid of it very quickly so that you don't get burned. Or maybe just avoid the potato altogether. Like talking about politics or religion with people...