| 单词 | in the hot seat |
| 释义 | Idioms and Phrases with in the hot seatin the hot seat see hot seat. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. in the hot seatIn an uncomfortable or embarrassing situation, usually by being subjected to severe criticism: “When the settlement talks broke down, he was in the hot seat with both management and labor.” The phrase is an extension of “hot seat,” slang for the electric chair. Words nearby in the hot seatin the gutter, in the hands of, in the heat of, in the hole, in the hope, in the hot seat, in the interest of, in the interim, in the know, in the lap of luxury, in the least The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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