"gorilla in the room" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 房間裡的大猩猩（明顯但沒人提的問題）

Definition

一個大家都知道但沒人願意討論的明顯問題或難題。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於非正式用語，和“房間裡的大象”相似，表示明顯卻沒人談及的問題。多用於口語或非正式情境。

Examples

Nobody wanted to talk about the gorilla in the room during the meeting.

會議中沒有人想提**房間裡的大猩猩**。

The company's financial problems are the gorilla in the room.

公司的財務問題就是**房間裡的大猩猩**。

We all see the gorilla in the room, but no one says a word.

我們都看到了**房間裡的大猩猩**，但沒有人說話。

It's hard to ignore the gorilla in the room when everyone is upset but pretending everything's fine.

當大家都不高興卻假裝沒事時，很難忽視**房間裡的大猩猩**。

Let’s stop avoiding the gorilla in the room and actually talk about what happened.

別再回避**房間裡的大猩猩**了，我們來談談發生了什麼吧。

You can only pretend for so long—the gorilla in the room isn’t going away.

你只能假裝一段時間——**房間裡的大猩猩**並不會自己消失。