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An '''elephant in the room''' is a big problem which won't go away, but which no one wants to acknowledge.

The phrase '''elephant in the room''' is a colloquial phrase referring to any issue which is 1) too large to be ignored, 2) will not go away on its own accord, but 3) which no one wants to handle, or even acknowledge in some cases.

For some reason, nobody is willing to deal with it directly. It often becomes a [[taboo]] subject, and anyone trying to address the matter is hushed up, shunned, belittled or even punished.

 

The matter itself can become a [[taboo]] subject, and anyone trying to address the matter is hushed up, shunned, belittled or even punished.

[[Category:Colloquial Phrases]]

[[Category:Colloquial Phrases]]

[[Category:Rhetoric]]

[[Category:Rhetoric]]