baby elephant in the room

An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.

Pronunciation

  • Context: Australia · Audio

Noun

  1. An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.

    idiomatic

Origin

baby + elephant in the room

Forms

baby elephants in the room

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