burning question

Idioms  

1. An urgent or crucial issue under heated discussion. For example, Real estate taxes are always a burning question for the town leaders. This term has exact equivalents in French (question brûlante) and German (brennende Frage). [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

He did have one burning question, however, that he simply could not hold in.

From Literature

Travelers hunt for regional souvenirs, soothe their homesickness and investigate a burning question: Is the hot dog different?

From The Wall Street Journal

A burning question now is, when will the court rule?

From MarketWatch

Roz hated to interrupt the walrus, but she had a burning question.

From Literature

Margaret Atwood unpacks the essays, speeches and appreciations in her deep and deeply entertaining new nonfiction collection, ‘Burning Question.’

From Los Angeles Times