所属专辑:美语俚语及习语Slangs &Idioms 声音简介 美俚语:the elephant in the room显而易见而又被忽略的事实 俚语: "Elephant in the room" is an English idiom for an obvious truth that is being ignored or goes unaddressed. Elephant in the room(房间里的大象)指显而易见而又被忽略的事实。
Example Sentences Using Similar Idioms: 1. Shealways remembersto lock the door before leaving for work. 2. I seem to havea photographic memoryfor remembering the lyrics to my favorite songs. See Also:Elephant In The Room Elephants have a handful of common expressions related to them, and this...
parts of the elephant in the room Wrong Hands Cartoons by John Atkinson. ©John Atkinson, Wrong Hands Feeds: Posts Comments January 12, 2018 byWrong Hands Share this: Tweet Reddit Share on Tumblr Email Loading... Posted inCartoon| TaggedComic,English,Funny,Humor,Idioms,Issues,Language,Phrases...
And I’ll let the cat out of the bag here. It’s still unclear whether the ‘elephant in the room’refers to an actual elephant. One possible origin is Ivan Krylov’s tale ofThe Inquisitive Manwherein a man visits a museum and notices all the tiny objects but not the elephant. Regard...
eat like a horse (eat like a bird)the elephant is in the roomearly bird (night owl)Are these expressions used by young people (teenagers)? There are similar phrases in Japanese, but young people know them but often think they are old-fashioned and don't use them much. 查看翻译 ...
Submitted idioms may have been edited for correctness and completeness. « Previous: White as snow Next: White feather » Similar Idioms Memory like an elephant White as a sheet Great white hope Black and white Elephant in the room White lie Like white on rice White as snow White-bread...
A type of fish called an elephant shark that is popularly used in New Zealand for fish and chips is "a very distant relative of humans," the University of Otago said in (http://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago643944.html) a statement , and "has a remarkably similar DNA memory system...
Nevertheless, this figurative definition of “white elephant” as a kind of fatal gift has had a lasting influence on the English language. It can be detected today in phenomena like “white elephant sales” or “white elephant gift exchanges”, but in the 1880s, “white elephant” was a ...
eat like a horse (eat like a bird)the elephant is in the roomearly bird (night owl)Are these expressions used by young people (teenagers)? There are similar phrases in Japanese, but young people know them but often think they are old-fashioned and don't use them much. 查看翻译 ...