political football

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English - Turkish
Futbola olan ilgiye benzetmeyle politikacıların oy almak için gündemde tuttukları konu, proje vs
English - English
A political topic that is continually debated but left unresolved
(deyim) A program or issue used by politicians to get votes, play political games

A day-care program is a political football. Politicians use it to get the votes of parents with babies.

political football

    Hyphenation

    po·li·ti·cal foot·ball

    Turkish pronunciation

    pılîtıkıl fûtbôl

    Pronunciation

    /pəˈlətəkəl ˈfo͝otˌbôl/ /pəˈlɪtəkəl ˈfʊtˌbɔːl/

    Etymology

    () political football, the topic being conceptually "kicked back and forth" between opposing politicians like a ball.
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