Definitions for elephant in the room
ele·phant in the room

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1. elephant in the roomnoun

   A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.

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1. Elephant in the room

   The expression “the elephant in the room” (or "the elephant in the living room") 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 personally, socially, or politically embarrassing, controversial, inflammatory, or dangerous.It is based on the idea/thought that something as conspicuous as an elephant can appear to be overlooked in codified social interactions and that the sociology/psychology of repression also operates on the macro scale. Various languages around the world have words that describe similar concepts.

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1. Elephant in the room

   "Elephant in the room" is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed. The idiomatic expression also applies to an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss. It is based on the idea that an elephant in a room would be impossible to overlook; thus, people in the room who pretend the elephant is not there have chosen to avoid dealing with the looming big issue.

How to pronounce elephant in the room?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of elephant in the room in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of elephant in the room in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of elephant in the room in a Sentence

1. Marianne Ruggiero:

   It is perfectly acceptable to call it out in real time, name the elephant in the room, it makes the hiring manager feel that if you make a mistake you are self-aware enough to catch yourself and big enough to admit that you've made a mistake and will fix it. Wouldn't you want to hire a person who will handle mistakes that way ?

2. James Eastland:

   There is a huge elephant in the room this cycle - which is race.

3. Mark Russell:

   That is the elephant in the room, the 100 pages of charges are against Trevor personally, and nothing said by anyone else at the company was mentioned at the indictment.

4. David Smilde:

   Giving Ceballos home incarceration and Baduel parole are positive gestures the government is making that can dampen some criticism, of course the elephant in the room is the incarceration of Leopoldo Lopez but the government does not appear willing to cede on that point for the time being.

5. Laith Khalaf:

   Tesco has maintained the positive momentum it picked up around the beginning of this year, with sales continuing to rise against a challenging retail backdrop, the elephant in the room is Amazon, which is currently testing out a grocery delivery service for some customers in London; if successful this represents a clear and present danger to the health of UK supermarkets.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Elephant_in_the_Room
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_in_the_Room
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=elephant in the room