elephant in the room
成語所屬單字room
elephant in the room — 慣用語
1. an obvious and serious problem or difficult issue that everyone is aware of but
1.慣用語
釋義
顯而易見卻無人願意談論的問題
an obvious and serious problem or difficult issue that everyone is aware of but nobody wants to talk about directly
例句
Everyone at the meeting knew about the budget cuts, but nobody mentioned the elephant in the room.
The family sat around the dinner table in silence, all thinking about the elephant in the room — their grandfather's illness.