1 definition by thalio

tar baby

A dummy made of tar, which cannot be struck without getting oneself hopelessly stuck to it--from the story "Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Fox" by Joe Harris, as told by his fictional narrator, Uncle Remus.

Tar baby has become short hand for a situation better avoided than confronted.

The issue of immigration has become a tar baby for president Gearge W. Bush.

by thalio May 16, 2006