the hot seat

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Definition of the hot seat in English English dictionary

hot seat
any stressful situation
hot seat
the electric chair

With deep creases slanting across the jowls of his dark bony face from the corners of his wide full mouth, and his sunken dark eyes, he was certainly a prime subject for the artists who sketch candidates for the hot seat for the tabloids, and for three days they had been making the most of it.

hot seat
a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism
hot seat
electric chair
hot seat
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
hot seat
If you are in the hot seat, you are responsible for making important and difficult decisions. He is to remain in the hot seat as chief executive
the hot seat
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