the hot seat
noun[S]
informalukusthesituationof beingresponsiblefor makingdifficultdecisionsthatpeople, oftenemployees, may not like:
The manin thehotseathas a lot offigurestothinkabout.
Examplesofthe hot seat
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But the final couple inthehotseatfaltered on the seventh question.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Appearing as the first celebrity to sit inthehotseat, he eventually tried for $125,000, but got the answer wrong.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thehotseatwas a red chair on a platform in which the competitor would sit during the first and second quarters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The league's umpires, though, have been onthehotseatfor most of this season with some high-profile missed calls.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each segment consists of two hosts with three guests, one guest at a time being inthehotseat.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We are not the ones inthehotseatwhen it comes to taking initiatives.
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Local authorities are inthehotseat, because they are best able to assess local needs.
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He is inthehotseatat the moment and, therefore, we have to rely on him to bring back a fair deal.
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It looks as if the ratepayers are inthehotseatonce again.
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