hot seat /'hɔt'si:t/hot seat Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
on the hot seat
Idiom(s): on the hot seat AND in the hot seatTheme: DIFFICULTY
in a difficult position; subject to much criticism. (Slang.)
• I was really in the hot seat for a while.
• Now that John is on the hot seat, no one is paying any attention to what I do.
in the hot seat
Idiom(s): on the hot seat AND in the hot seatTheme: DIFFICULTY
in a difficult position; subject to much criticism. (Slang.)
• I was really in the hot seat for a while.
• Now that John is on the hot seat, no one is paying any attention to what I do.
hot seat|hot|seat
n., slang 1. The electric chair used to cause death by electrocution in legal executions. Many a man has controlled a murderous rage when he thought of the hot seat. 2. informal A position in which you can easily get into trouble. A judge in a beauty contest is on the hot seat. If he chooses one girl, the other girls will be angry with him.hot seat, in the
hot seat, in theIn a position of extreme stress or discomfort, as when subjected to harsh criticism. For example, When merger negotiations broke down, he was in the hot seat with the stockholders. This expression extends hot seat in the sense of “the electric chair” (for effecting an execution) to wider use. [c. 1930]
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n. ghế điện. (xem thêm tại ghế nóng.) Ghế nóng chỉ đợi bạn, Lefty. . Xem thêm: nong, nien. Xem thêm:More Idioms/Phrases
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