单词	white elephant
释义	white elephantˌwhite ˈelephant noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwhite elephant Origin: 1800-1900 From the supposed practice of the King of Siam, who gave to people he did not like a white elephant, which cost a very large amount of money to keep Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The dam has become something of a white elephant. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Cake and white elephant stalls plus a grand prize draw. More spaces are needed at less cost not another white elephant office block. Saracen ambassadors bring Charlemagne a white elephant complete with exotic trappings. There's this picturesque white elephant development on the Costa del Sol, apparently going for a song. What do you do with a huge white elephant like that? something that is completely useless, although it may have cost a lot of money:  When the theatre first opened it was widely regarded as a white elephant.
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