“The elephant in the room”
Definición
An obvious problem that people avoid talking about.
Ejemplos
Examples
“The budget issue is the elephant in the room.”
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Restore the missing expression using the meaning above. Keep the rest of the sentence unchanged.
The budget issue is _____.Compare with the original example
The budget issue is the elephant in the room.
Write a two-line conversation using “The elephant in the room”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryPreguntas frecuentes
- What does "The elephant in the room" mean?
- "The elephant in the room" means an obvious problem that people avoid talking about.
- How do you use "The elephant in the room" in a sentence?
- Example: "The budget issue is the elephant in the room."
- Should I interpret "The elephant in the room" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.