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- ▪ a major problem or controversial issue that is obviously present but avoided as a subject for discussion because it is more comfortable to do so
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Obvious major problem that no-one mentions
The expression "the elephant in the room" (or "the elephant in the living room") is a metaphorical idiom in English for an important or enormous topic, question, or controversial issue that is obvious or that everyone knows about but no one mentions or wants to discuss because it makes at least some of them uncomfortable and is personally, socially, or politically embarrassing, controversial, infl... Wikipedia
