elephant in the room
noun phrase
: an obvious major problem or issue that people avoid discussing or acknowledging
Word History
First Known Use
1985, in the meaning defined above
- stipulates
- stipulates (for)
- stipulates for
- stipulating
- stipulating (for)
- stipulating for
- stipulation
- stipulations
- stipulative definition
- stipulator
- stipulators
- stipulatory
- stipule
- stipuled
- stipules
- stipuliferous
- stipuliform
- stir
- stir (up)
- stir bug
- stir off
- stir oneself
- stir things up
- stir up
- stir up a storm