كيف تنطق "elephant in the room"

expression

EL-uh-fuhnt in thuh ROOM

EL-i-fuhnt in thuh ROOM

التعريف

An important problem or issue that everyone is aware of but no one wants to discuss.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈɛɫəfənt/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈɹum

الإنجليزية البريطانية

ˈɛlɪfənt/ /ˈɪn/ /ðə, ði/ /ɹˈuːm

أمريكي

EL-uh-fuhnt in thuh ROOM

بريطاني

EL-i-fuhnt in thuh ROOM

Nobody talked about the elephant in the room during the meeting.

Let's address the elephant in the room and talk honestly.

The salary cut was the elephant in the room for the staff.

Everyone kept laughing, but the tension was the real elephant in the room.