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hot seat
noun
- a highly uncomfortable or embarrassing situation:
I'm in the hot seat because of the contract I lost.
hot seat
noun
- informal.a precarious, difficult, or dangerous position
- a slang term for electric chair
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hot seat1
Example Sentences
Now, however, judges are denying TPS applications because the statuses are set to expire — and appearing before a judge places migrants in the "hot seat."
Match of the Day has, extraordinarily, had just five main presenters in its history - with Gary Lineker being in the hot seat for the past 26 years.
He has had an excellent grounding in football with various coaching roles but being in the hot seat yourself is very different.
More changes are expected with coach Becki Tweed now on the hot seat.
So, who are the potential star signings that could fill the vacant hot seat to become the show's sixth main presenter in its 60-year history?
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