the elephant in the room
顯而易見但卻被人們不愿意討論或面對的問題
口語·指回避的明顯問題
英文釋義
an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about
例句
Nobody mentioned the budget cuts, but it was the elephant in the room.
典故來源
源自20世紀美國英語,用大象比喻巨大而難以忽視的問題。