the elephant in the room

/ði ˌelɪfənt ɪn ðə ˈruːm/INFORMAL · C1
SA FILIPINO
Walang direktang katumbas
Literal na kahulugan: «ang elepante sa silid»

Kahulugan

an obvious problem that everyone avoids discussing

Halatang problema na iniiwasang pag-usapan ng lahat.

Mga halimbawa

  1. 1Nobody mentioned the missing savings, but they were the elephant in the room.
  2. 2At dinner, our unfinished argument was still the elephant in the room.
  3. 3The budget shortfall remained the elephant in the room; every speaker carefully avoided mentioning it.
  4. 4Everyone knew the roof leaked, yet at the residents’ meeting it was the elephant in the room.
  5. 5Their cancelled wedding was the elephant in the room as the family chatted awkwardly about the weather.

Grammar

Ginagamit ang the elephant in the room bilang iisang noun phrase. Ginagamit din ang an elephant in the room kapag ipinapakilala ang isang problema.

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