hot seat

名詞

俗語広義限定用法

(slang) The electric chair. / The seat occupied by a game show contestant at a stage where they are answering questions alone. / (by extension) Any stressful situation.

日本語の意味

（スラング）電気椅子として使われる、またはその象徴的な意味合い。 / テレビゲームショーなどで出場者が質問に答えるために座る席。 / 転じて、極めてストレスやプレッシャーがかかる状況や立場。

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When the execution date was set, the condemned man finally understood that the hot seat was real.

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執行日が決まったとき、死刑囚はついに電気椅子が現実のものだと悟った。

詳細

意味（1）

(slang) The electric chair.

Looks like you for the hot seat, kid. Come along, both of you.

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詳細

意味（2）

The seat occupied by a game show contestant at a stage where they are answering questions alone.

意味（3）

(by extension) Any stressful situation.

Now just a minute. You turn up out of nowhere, a routine space shot goes wrong, a new planet appears and you tell us you know all about it. That puts you slap bang in the hot seat, right?

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