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white elephant
noun as in unwanted possession
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Torture “is the big white elephant in the room,” said Heba Morayef, a Cairo-based researcher with Human Rights Watch.
Joe Kennedy had acquired it in 1945 for $12.5 million, and turned what seemed a white elephant into a great money maker.
Father Tachard assures us on the contrary, that the white elephant of the king of Siam was rather small, though very old.
I have come across a large puma that has taken a great fancy to me, and has become somewhat of a ‘white elephant.’
The white elephant, richly adorned with gold and jewels, was one of the most beautiful objects in the procession.
Then you don't look for an early assignment to the White Elephant across the Pacific?
Then I sat down upon my white elephant and shivered, for the chill of autumn was in the air.
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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to white elephant, such as: albatross, encumbrance, burden, burthen, more trouble than it's worth, and onus.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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