het potatis

Swedish

Etymology

het (“hot”) +‎ potatis (“potato”)

Noun

het potatis c

1. (idiomatic) a contentious issue, a hot potato

   Frågan om landets självständighet har blivit en het potatis

   The question of the country's independence has become contentious

References

• “potatis”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “potatis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)