drop like a hot potato

drop someone or something like a hot potato

Fig. to disassociate oneself with someone or something instantly. When we learned of the conviction, we dropped him like a hot potato. I dropped the idea like a hot potato when the big boss said he didn't like it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marcel	mar-SEL (French), MAHR-tsel (Polish), MAHR-sel (Dutch, German)	French, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German
Giuseppa	joo-ZEP-pah	Italian
Rhode	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Maxim	mahk-SEEM (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Addyman	['ædimən]
Melpomene	-	Greek Mythology