million-dollar question

See also: million dollar question

English

Alternative forms

• $1,000,000 question
• million dollar question

Etymology

From the TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, because in the last question the contestants attempt to win a top prize of $1,000,000.

Noun

million-dollar question (plural million-dollar questions)

1. (figurative) A question that is very important and/or difficult to answer.

   Synonym: (dated) sixty-four thousand dollar question

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: hamvraag (nl) f
• French: la question à un million
• Galician: a pregunta do millón
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• German: Preisfrage (de) f
• Spanish: la pregunta del millón