No alibi whatsoever. It's a hot potato.

没有不在场的证据。真是个烫手山芋啊。

It's kind of like a hot potato but dancing.

有点像 hot potato 游戏，但就改成跳舞。

But be careful not to bring a hot potato to the table!

但是注意不要把" 烫手山芋（hot potato）" 带到桌上去！

You need to think about it very carefully before it becomes a hot potato.

你要在事情变得棘手前仔细想清楚。

When something becomes a 'hot potato', it becomes a problem and difficult to handle.

如果某件事变棘手，那这个问题就很难解决了。

Imagine like you have a hot potato in the back of your mouth, 'bruk'.

想象一下，你的嘴巴后面有一个烫手山芋，“bruk”。

You want to release the object as fast as possible, as if it was a hot potato.

你想尽快脱手这个物体，仿佛它是一个热土豆一样。

Sounds like it could turn into a hot potato for you.

听起来这对你来说可能会成为棘手的问题。

I see. You can't hold a hot potato in your hand. It would burn you.

我明白了。不能用手拿热土豆。会被烫伤的。

But when she saw him acting unkind to a little puppy, she dropped him like a hot potato!

但是当她看见他对一只小狗狗的不友善行为之后，她马上放弃了他！

Imagine trying to carry a hot, baked potato in your hand. It would be difficult, even painful, to do so.

设想一下手里拿着一个热的烤过的土豆，那会很困难很痛苦的。

Think like you have a hot potato in the back of your mouth and you don't have to touch anything.

就想象你的口腔后部有一个烫手的山芋，你什么都不用碰。

When he saw me he dropped her like a hot potato.

当他看到我时，他像烫手山芋一样把她扔了下来。

What is the difference between a hot potato and bank on?

烫手山芋和银行有什么区别？

I was like a hot potato, except in this game, everyone wanted me.

我就像一个烫手山芋，除了在这场比赛中，每个人都想要我。

And if an issue is too controversial, it might be a good idea to " drop it like a hot potato."

如果一个问题太有争议性，也许“像扔烫手山芋那样扔掉它（drop it like a hot potato 马上放弃）”会是个好主意。

Exactly, you've got it. A hot potato is a phrase we use to refer to difficult or tricky situations, or even people.

没错，你已经理解了。我们用hot potato这个短语来形容困难或复杂的情况，也可以用来形容人。

A kid in the UK might be served baked cod fingers with a hot jacket potato, a heaping side of beans, and a handful of chocolate biscuits for dessert.

英国的孩子有机会品尝到烤鳕鱼条，搭配上烤带皮马铃薯，和一些焗豆，以及几片巧克力饼干作为甜点。

The pay rise issue is a hot potato for management; I don't know how they are going to sort this one out between the staff, the union and the shareholders.

对管理层来说，涨薪是复杂的问题；我不知道他们要如何在员工、工会和股东之间解决这个问题。

The minute-old-one would still feel like a hot potato, while the half-hour frozen spud would have cooled well below the skin — you'd have to poke all the way to the center to feel its residual warmth.

只放了一分钟的土豆摸起来仍然很热，但另一个表面已完全冷却，你不得不把土豆戳开将手放进中心感受残留的热量。