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elephant in the room

[ el-uh-fuhnt in thuh room, room ]

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  1. a problem or issue that everyone is aware of but that no one wants to talk about:

    Her dad’s depression has been the elephant in the room at family gatherings.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of elephant in the room1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

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But despite the positive news, he said he was suffering "a lot from depression" because cancer had become "the elephant in the room".

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The elephant in the room is this match was played in the United Arab Emirates, where India will play of all their fixtures for this tournament.

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“I want to say the elephant in the room,†Sanchez added.

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At the end of his storyline, there’s a disorienting creative decision that nearly addresses the white elephant in the room: the question of who belongs in this community.

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For me, the greatest elephant in the room is our government’s possession of a vast supply of nuclear weaponry capable of causing exponentially more destruction than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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