A hot potato
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 7A controversial issue
विवादास्पद मुद्दा
The question of who would pay for the damage became a hot potato in the meeting.
Radhika calmly took up the hot potato of the seating plan at the family function and settled it.
Daily use: Ye mudda hot potato hai, koi bhi isse haath nahi lagana chahta.
आग से निकला गर्म आलू हाथ जला देता है — आपने दूसरे को दिया, उसने तीसरे को, कोई रखना नहीं चाहता। Controversial मुद्दे पर भी सब कहते हैं 'हमारा इससे कोई लेना-देना नहीं' — यही a hot potato।
A potato straight out of the fire burns every hand, so you pass it on, the next person passes it on, and nobody keeps it. A controversial issue is the same: everyone says it is not their business. That is A HOT POTATO.
Meaning: ऐसा विवादास्पद मुद्दा जिसे कोई संभालना नहीं चाहता; इसे 'couch potato' से मत मिलाइए।
It means a controversial or awkward issue that nobody wants to handle; do not mix it up with 'couch potato'.