baby elephant in the room
An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“We should talk about the baby elephant in the room.”
“The minor typo on the menu was the baby elephant in the room that everyone noticed but nobody mentioned.”
“While the committee focused on the major budget crisis, the baby elephant in the room remained the outdated office coffee machine that everyone quietly disliked.”
baby + elephant in the room
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assume room temperature
To die; to be killed.
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babies in the eyes
The minute reflection which one sees of oneself in the eyes of another.
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baby and bathwater
Used in reference to an error in which something valuable is discarded in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.
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baby step
A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.
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baby up
To treat as a baby.
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basin of gravy
[Cockney slang]baby
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be left holding the baby
To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.
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black babies
Third-world charities, the missions.
Last updated August 10, 2026