燙手山芋
simp烫手山芋tong3 sau2 saan1 wu6tàng shǒu shān yù
English
- hot potato
- problem
- trouble
- headache
- hot potato; thorny issue
粵語 — Cantonese
- 極之棘手嘅問題；難以解決嘅麻煩，通常冇人想接手
Examples
呢個爛攤子係個燙手山芋，邊個接手邊個唔好彩。
This mess is a hot potato, whoever takes it over will be out of luck.
Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk