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英语常用短语--Hot Potato


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Andy: Ally, 在中文里有个词叫烫手的山芋,知道是什么意思吗?

Ally: 知道呀,就是指叫人头疼的事, 棘手的事情。英语里也有个对应的词叫“a hot potato.” 是指让人想起来就头大的事情。


比如说:

Handling customers’ complaints is a hot potato. I don’t know what to do.

处理顾客的抱怨可是件令人头疼的事。我不知该怎么做了。

This is a hot potato to the government.

这是一件政府面临的棘手的问题。

 

Ally: What do you think are hot potatoes in the United States?

Andy: Well.Let me think. I would say gun control is a hot potato. Ally, what do you think?

Ally: I agree with you.

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