1.
a ticklish question [situation]
棘手的问题 [形势]
2.
awkward business
麻烦的事情，棘手的事情
3.
This is an exasperating problem.
这是一个棘手的难题。
4.
procure a solution to a knotty proBlem.
解决了一个棘手的问题
5.
Head off an awkward question
避开一个棘手的问题。
6.
It is really a thorn problem.
这真是一个棘手的问题。
7.
The unemployment is a real hot potato.
失业真是个棘手的问题。
8.
It's a political hot potato.
它是个棘手的政治问题。
9.
When others interfere in the affair, it always makes troubles.
他人一插手，棘手的事情就来了。
10.
delicate negotiations with the big powers; hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter.
与强国的棘手的谈判；犹豫着该不该在如此棘手的问题上直接表态。
11.
You have to be careful of that one; it's a trick poem - very tricky@.
“你们可得小心那首诗；它是首棘手的诗歌，非常棘手。”
12.
Thus, the difficult cases usually involve governmental benefits.
所以，棘手的案件通常涉及政府的福利。
13.
It's a very delicate proBlem. Oh, quite.
这是一个非常棘手的问题。的确
14.
Race relations in the USA continue to be a thorny problem
美国的各族关系依然是个棘手的问题
15.
avoid dealing with an unpleasant fact,a difficult problem,etc
回避令人不快的事、棘手的问题等
16.
This presented a nasty problem to the new governor.
这成了新州长的一个棘手的问题。
17.
(of a situation,topic,problem,etc)difficult to deal with
（指形势、话题、问题等）难处理的,棘手的
18.
It's a tough/not an easy proposition.
这是一件棘手的[不好办的]事.