hot potato 燙手山芋（喻指棘手的問題）

They will do anything they can to drop her like a hot potato.
他們會想盡辦法把她這個燙手山芋給甩掉。

in hot water 遇到麻煩

I needed to be at the airport early, and as I got into a taxi I was worried that I might be in hot water if traffic congestion was worse than normal.
我需要早些到機場，所以我在坐上出租車時擔心，要是交通比平常擁堵的話，我就麻煩了。

hot and bothered 煩躁不安

Officials at the Defence Ministry are getting all hot and bothered about secrets getting out.
國防部的官員們因機密泄露的事情而焦慮不安。

full of hot air 夸夸其談

His utterances?were full of hot air.
他的發(fā)言大話連篇。

blow hot and cold 反復無常，搖擺不定

Some people can make up their minds right away, but others blow hot and cold.
一些人能很快下決心，可另一些人就老是猶豫不決。

have the hots for 迷戀某人

George seems to have the hots for Mary.
喬治似乎有點愛上瑪麗了。

hot on the heels 緊隨其后

Hot on the heels of Baidu’s new mobile OS launch, reports are circulating that the Chinese search giant is partnering with Dell to build tablets and mobile phones.
百度最新的智能手機操作系統(tǒng)剛剛發(fā)布，又有報道稱這個中國搜索引擎巨頭正在與戴爾聯(lián)手開發(fā)平板電腦和手機。

in the hot seat 挑大梁；困境，尷尬境地

He is to remain in the hot seat as chief executive.
他將繼續(xù)留在公司首席行政官這個身負重任的位子上。

The CEO found himself in the hot seat after another bad quarter.
又一個糟糕的季度之后，總裁發(fā)現(xiàn)自己已險入困境。

（來源：網(wǎng)絡 編輯：劉明）