the elephant in the room

意思

an obvious problem that everyone avoids discussing

人人迴避的明顯問題.

例句

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.

文法

the elephant in the room 作為一個名詞片語整體使用。引出某個問題時也說 An elephant in the room。

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