Elephant In The Room Meaning & Sentence Examples

Elephant In The Room Definition, Sentence Examples

ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM MEANING – Find out what elephant in the room really means. Example sentences of this idiomatic expression can also be found here.

This metaphorical phrase refers to anything that is as obvious as an elephant, the largest land mammal, yet is ignored because it is awkward in social situations.

In 1814, Ivan Krylov published a story titled “The Inquisitive Man.” He narrates the tale of a man who went to a museum and noticed a lot of tiny, inconsequential things but missed an enormous elephant. Dostoevsky penned “Demons,” a book: “just like Krylov’s Inquisitive man, who didn’t see the elephant in the museum.”

Elephant In The Room Meaning:

a bothersome, embarrassing, or glaring issue that no one wants to discuss or bring up because it is difficult, contentious, or obvious
a significant issue or topic that everyone is well aware of but avoids talking about out of embarrassment or sensitivity
purposefully omit a clear-cut statement

Here are examples of sentences that use elephant in the room:

Increasing poverty in the world is the western politicians’ elephant in the room.
Tom’s alcoholism was the elephant in the room.
Excessive use of pesticides in agriculture is the politician’s elephant in the room.

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