The elephant in the room Một sự thật hiển nhiên hay một vấn đề rất lớn mà mọi người đều nhận thức được một cách sâu sắc, nhưng không ai muốn thảo luận hoặc đề cập đến. Meaning: An English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth or a very large issue that everyone is acutely aware of, but nobody wants to talk about. Perhaps a sore spot, perhaps politically incorrect, or perhaps a political issues, it's something that no one wants to discuss. Origin:In 1814, Ivan Andreevich Krylov (1769-1844), poet and fabulist, wrote a fable entitled "The Inquisitive Man" which tells of a man who goes to a museum and notices all sorts of tiny things, but fails to notice an elephant. The phrase became proverbial.

For example:

• There was an elephant in the dining room this evening when my brother sat down at the table with a black eye, but did not say anything about what had happened.
  
• Increasing poverty in the world is the western politicians’ elephant in the room.
  

There was an elephant in the room when I spoke with my mother, because she hates my new boyfriend. she likes elephants. the elephant is afraid of mice.

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