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"etymology_text": "After The Emperor's New Clothes, a tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.",
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"(idiomatic) Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged."
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"word": "elephant in the room"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "kejserens nye klæder"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "keisarin uudet vaatteet"
},
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"alt": "はだか・の・おおさま hadaka-no-ōsama",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "裸の王様"
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"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
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"word": "roupa nova do imperador"
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"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
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"word": "roupas novas do imperador"
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"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "cisárove nové šaty"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "kejsarens nya kläder"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "bộ quần áo mới của hoàng đế"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "kejserens nye klæder"
},
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"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "keisarin uudet vaatteet"
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"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "裸の王様"
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"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "cisárove nové šaty"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "kejsarens nya kläder"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored",
"word": "bộ quần áo mới của hoàng đế"
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"word": "emperor's new clothes"
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