English Dictionary

political football

名詞

可算名詞 慣用表現 不可算名詞

(countable, idiomatic) A contentious political issue or problem that is often debated or discussed, but that remains unresolved; an issue or problem which is avoided by authorities and handed off to others.

日本語の意味

議論は続くが解決が見込めず、権力者によって直接扱われずに他者に押し付けられる政治上の論争的な問題・争点 / 政治的対立が根深く、当局が責任を回避するために別の機関や人物に委ねられる未解決の政治問題

The healthcare reform became a political football, tossed back and forth between parties while patients waited for answers.

医療制度改革は政治的な争点となり、患者が答えを待つ間に党派間で行ったり来たりしていた。

意味（1）

(countable, idiomatic) A contentious political issue or problem that is often debated or discussed, but that remains unresolved; an issue or problem which is avoided by authorities and handed off to others.

Last week the most curious sidelight on Winston Churchill's recent trip to Italy was the revelation that Sicily was once again becoming a political football at the toe of the Italian boot.

意味（2）

(uncountable, idiomatic) Ongoing unproductive wrangling or posturing between political factions, resulting in failure to deal with an issue or problem in a decisive or appropriate way.

Throughout the month preceding Bruno Richard Hauptmann's electrocution, Carter had relentlessly goaded New Jersey's Governor Harold Giles Hoffman and his henchmen for playing political football with the...

political footballs （ plural ）