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patata bollente

English translation: hot potato

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Italian term or phrase:patata bollente
English translation:hot potato
Entered by: potra

14:53 Feb 22, 2013
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Slang
Italian term or phrase: patata bollente
scaricare/mettere in mano una patata bollente.
potra
United States
Local time: 09:54
hot potato
Explanation:
http://www.wordreference.com/iten/patata bollente
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Kate Chaffer
Italy
Local time: 15:54
Grading comment
Thanks to you all. I guess sometimes a potato is just a potato.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6hot potato
Kate Chaffer
4pass the buck
Shabelula


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
hot potato


Explanation:
http://www.wordreference.com/iten/patata bollente

Kate Chaffer
Italy
Local time: 15:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks to you all. I guess sometimes a potato is just a potato.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tom in London: But only in the sense of "she dropped it like a hot potato". You can't pick something up "like a hot potato".
5 mins
  -> You can pass it on, though!
agree  Nick Youldon: This is the classic 'hot potato' because we're talking about 'passing it on' in the context shown.
42 mins
agree  P.L.F. Persio
51 mins
agree  Isabelle Johnson
2 hrs
agree  Tony Shargool: one tries to avoid ending up with a certain 'problem' other are quick to get rid of...
10 hrs
agree  j kilpatrick
1 day 7 hrs
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1 day 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pass the buck


Explanation:
from blabla, a free online dictionary

also:

to play off against each other
to pass the football

patata bollente: tricky issue, touchy issue

Shabelula
Italy
Local time: 15:54
Native speaker of: Italian
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