Английский словарь американских идиом - hot seat

{n.}, {slang} 1. The electric chair used to cause death by electrocution in legal executions. * /Many a man has controlled a murderous rage when he thought of the hot seat./ 2. {informal} A position in which you can easily get into trouble. * /A judge in a beauty contest is on the hot seat. If he chooses one girl, the other girls will be angry with him./