英语词汇“an elephant in the room”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

an elephant in the room

informal

If you say there is an elephant in the room, you mean that there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences

a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
a cloud on the horizon idiom
a fate worse than death idiom
a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
a narrow squeak idiom
barrel
bind
crunch
curse
fate
feeding frenzy
going
have a bumpy ride idiom
have sb over a barrel idiom
schtuck
shtook
stalemate
standoff
sticky wicket
vortex

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单词	an elephant in the room
释义	English an elephant in the room informal If you say there is an elephant in the room, you mean that there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences a (heavy) cross to bear idiom a cloud on the horizon idiom a fate worse than death idiom a hard/tough row to hoe idiom a narrow squeak idiom barrel bind crunch curse fate feeding frenzy going have a bumpy ride idiom have sb over a barrel idiom schtuck shtook stalemate standoff sticky wicket vortex See more results »
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