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baby elephant in the room

idiom

An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.


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  1. 01

    assume room temperature

    To die; to be killed.

  2. 02

    baby and bathwater

    Used in reference to an error in which something valuable is discarded in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.

  3. 03

    baby step

    A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.

  4. 04

    baby up

    To treat as a baby.

  5. 05

    Basin of gravy

    [Cockney slang]baby

    Suggestive of the softness of the foods on which babies are fed.

  6. 06

    be left holding the baby

    To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.

  7. 07

    eat an elephant one bite at a time

    To do something one step at a time; to do something in steps rather than all at once.

  8. 08

    elephant in the room

    A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.

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