"gorilla in the room" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 房间里的大猩猩（明显但没人提的问题）

Definition

一个大家都知道但没人愿意讨论的明显问题或难题。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于非正式表达，与“房间里的大象”相似，表示明显但被避而不谈的问题。多用于口语、非正式场合。

Examples

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

会议中没有人想提**房间里的大猩猩**。

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

公司的财务问题就是**房间里的大猩猩**。

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

我们都看到了**房间里的大猩猩**，但没人说话。

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

当大家都不高兴却假装没事时，很难忽视**房间里的大猩猩**。

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

别再回避**房间里的大猩猩**了，我们来谈谈发生了什么吧。

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

你只能假装一段时间——**房间里的大猩猩**不会自己消失。