"white elephant" meaning in 英語

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "国際音声記号あり",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語_成句",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語_成句_名詞句",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "white elephant sale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "中世のシャムにおいて、国王が気に入らない臣下に褒美として聖獣とされる白象を下賜し、その家臣が、象を働かせるわけにもいかず、世話に費用がかかり、大変困窮したという故事（伝説？）より。"
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成句",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "白象。アルビノの象。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-white_elephant-en-phrase-whStDC93"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "（イディオム）もてあます褒賞。無用の長物。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-white_elephant-en-phrase-pYDDBY1f"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "ˌ(h)waɪt ˈɛlɪfənt"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "ヘブライ語",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "word": "פִּיל לָבָן"
    },
    {
      "lang": "テルグ語",
      "lang_code": "te",
      "word": "ఐరావతం"
    }
  ],
  "word": "white elephant"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "国際音声記号あり",
    "英語",
    "英語_成句",
    "英語_成句_名詞句"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "white elephant sale"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "中世のシャムにおいて、国王が気に入らない臣下に褒美として聖獣とされる白象を下賜し、その家臣が、象を働かせるわけにもいかず、世話に費用がかかり、大変困窮したという故事（伝説？）より。"
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成句",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "白象。アルビノの象。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "（イディオム）もてあます褒賞。無用の長物。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "ˌ(h)waɪt ˈɛlɪfənt"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "ヘブライ語",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "word": "פִּיל לָבָן"
    },
    {
      "lang": "テルグ語",
      "lang_code": "te",
      "word": "ఐరావతం"
    }
  ],
  "word": "white elephant"
}