Elephant in the room
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"Elephant in the room" is an English idiom for an obvious truth that is being ignored or goes 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 concern themselves with tangential or small and irrelevant issues rather than deal with the looming big one.
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See also
- Mokita
- Taboo
- Polite fiction
- Third rail
- Elephant joke
- Elephant test
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- Elephant (2003 film)
- Elephant (1989 film)
- The Elephant in the Living Room, 2010 documentary
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