elephant in the room

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved. idiomatic
    — Near-synonyms: 800-pound gorilla, gorilla in the room, 800-pound gorilla in the room

词形变化

elephants in the room plural

词源

Likely US origin, or possibly from Ivan Andreyevich Krylov's 1814 fable, The Inquisitive Man, which tells of a man going to a museum and noticing all sorts of things apart from an elephant.
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