1.
a ticklish question [situation]
棘手的问题 [形势]
2.
The lack of a license was pinching me.
没有执照我感到很棘手。
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.
awkward business
麻烦的事情，棘手的事情
8.
The next problem was much worse.
接下来的难题棘手多了。
9.
It'd be a bit awkward, act-ally.
实际上这有点棘手。
10.
The unemployment is a real hot potato.
失业真是个棘手的问题。
11.
It's a political hot potato.
它是个棘手的政治问题。
12.
What a sod this job is proving to be!
这事儿可真棘手哇!
13.
When others interfere in the affair, it always makes troubles.
他人一插手，棘手的事情就来了。
14.
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。”
15.
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。
16.
Even the professor could not clarify the knotty point.
甚至教授也无法解决这个棘手问题。
17.
He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved.
当他听到工作多么棘手时，他就会后退。
18.
The chief set me a difficult task.
上司派给我一件棘手的工作。