OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 37842

elephant in the room

Meanings (ES + gloss)
elefante en la habitación
A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.
Near-synonyms: 800-pound gorilla, gorilla in the room, 800-pound gorilla in the room
There is an elephant in the room that nearly every politician and green campaigner is ignoring. It’s called population growth.
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