political football (English, noun)
expansion: political football (countable and uncountable, plural political footballs)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
idiomatic
glosses: Ongoing unproductive wrangling or posturing between political factions, resulting in failure to deal with an issue or problem in a decisive or appropriate way.
tags: idiomatic
uncountable
Forms:
form: political footballs
tags: plural