"white elephant" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [英語]

IPA: ˌ(h)waɪt ˈɛlɪfənt
  1. 白象。アルビノの象。
    Sense id: ja-white_elephant-en-phrase-whStDC93
  2. (イディオム)もてあます褒賞。無用の長物。
    Sense id: ja-white_elephant-en-phrase-pYDDBY1f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: white elephant sale Translations: ఐరావతం (テルグ語), פִּיל לָבָן (ヘブライ語)
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    "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。"
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        "白象。アルビノの象。"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "(イディオム)もてあます褒賞。無用の長物。"
      ],
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      "ipa": "ˌ(h)waɪt ˈɛlɪfənt"
    }
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    {
      "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"
}
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    "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。"
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        "白象。アルビノの象。"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "(イディオム)もてあます褒賞。無用の長物。"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "ˌ(h)waɪt ˈɛlɪfənt"
    }
  ],
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      "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"
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