"baby elephant in the room" meaning in All languages combined

See baby elephant in the room on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-baby elephant in the room.ogg [Australia] Forms: baby elephants in the room [plural]
Etymology: baby + elephant in the room Etymology templates: {{m|en|baby}} baby, {{m|en|elephant in the room}} elephant in the room Head templates: {{en-noun|baby elephants in the room}} baby elephant in the room (plural baby elephants in the room)
  1. (idiomatic) An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-baby_elephant_in_the_room-en-noun-ng0EhSIM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for baby elephant in the room meaning in All languages combined (1.4kB)

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