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The expression "the elephant in the room" (or "the elephant in the living room") [2] [3] is a metaphorical idiom in English for an important or enormous topic, question, or controversial issue that is obvious or that everyone knows about but no one mentions or wants to discuss because it makes at least some of them uncomfortable and is ...
The idiom Elephant in the room tells of an obvious truth that no one wants to discuss, alluding to the animal's size compared to a small space. " Seeing pink elephants " refers to a drunken hallucination and is the basis for the Pink Elephants on Parade sequence in the 1941 Disney animated feature , Dumbo .
A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g.,
The Elephant Curve; Elephant in Cairo; Elephant in the room; Elephant test; S. Seeing pink elephants; Seeing the elephant; W. White elephant; White elephant gift exchange
Garth Brooks is seemingly speaking out for the first time after a lawsuit was filed against him alleging that he sexually assaulted and battered his former hair and makeup artist.
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
The Mavs superstar was hunted on defense, was ineffective on switches and fouled out with more than four minutes to play. That's no championship formula as Dallas is now facing a 3-0 series deficit.
"The Elephant in the Room", a 2006 episode of the American television drama Commander in Chief; Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room, a 2011 stand-up comedy special by Patrice O'Neal; The Elephant in the Living Room, a 2011 documentary about raising exotic animals in the United States; Elephant in the Room, a Nigerian romantic comedy film