englishing.app
Interface Language
EN English BN বাংলা HI हिन्दी ES Español FR Français DE Deutsch RU Русский ZH 简体中文 JA 日本語
Content Language
Same as website language EN English BN Bengali HI Hindi ES Spanish FR French DE German RU Russian ZH Chinese JA Japanese
Login
Home Courses Vocabularies PDF Videos

the elephant in the room

Idiom Difficult Topics

Meaning

an obvious problem that no one wants to discuss

Example Sentences

"Nobody wants to address the elephant in the room."

Related Expressions

a debt of gratitude

a feeling of being grateful to someone who has helped you

opt in

to choose to participate

to take a turn for the worse

to become worse or decline in health

big picture

the overall perspective or situation

let something slip

to say something unintentionally that was meant to be secret

plans are up in the air

plans are uncertain or not decided yet