sixty-four thousand dollar question


noun
  1. a crucial question or issue

Origin of sixty-four thousand dollar question

1
C20: an elaboration of the earlier sixty-four dollar question, so called from the top prize on the US radio show Take It or Leave It (1941–48)

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