[표현] elephant in the room
“the elephant in the room” is a an idiom 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, inflammatory, or dangerous. 아주 obvious하거나 사람들이 다들 아는, 중요하거나 큰 주제/문제/이슈인데, 아무도..