drop somebody like a hot potato

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

drop sb/sth like a hot potato idiom informal
to quickly stop being involved with someone or something because you do not now like them or you think they will cause problems for you
• He dropped the plan like a hot potato when he realized how much it would cost him.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Removing and getting rid of things ↑Taking things away from someone or somewhere
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