WHITE ELEPHANT

Meaning of WHITE ELEPHANT in English

n. phr. Unwanted property, such as real estate, that is hard to sell. That big house of theirs on the corner sure is a white elephant.

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WHITE ELEPHANT — noun Date: 15th century an Indian elephant of a pale color that is sometimes venerated in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHITE ELEPHANT — noun 1. : an albinic Indian elephant of which more or less of the usual dark pigment is absent from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHITE ELEPHANT — () Something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome possession.
Английский словарь Webster
WHITE ELEPHANT — 1. a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE ELEPHANT — expensive investment that turns out to be useless and cannot be gotten rid of; object which is not needed, unnecessary …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WHITE ELEPHANT — Date: 15th century 1. : an Indian elephant of a pale color that is sometimes venerated in India, Sri Lanka, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE ELEPHANT — add. ·- something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome possession.
Webster English vocab
WHITE ELEPHANT — Function: noun Date: 15th century 1 : an Indian elephant of a pale color that is sometimes venerated in India, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHITE ELEPHANT — ■ noun a possession that is useless or troublesome, especially one that is expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHITE ELEPHANT — [white elephant] n (15c) 1: an Indian elephant of a pale color that is sometimes venerated in India, Sri Lanka, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHITE ELEPHANT — noun [ usually sing. ] a thing that is useless and no longer needed, although it may have cost a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE ELEPHANT — ˌwhite ˈelephant BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: From the supposed practice of the King of Siam, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE ELEPHANT — ( white elephants) If you describe something as a white elephant , you mean that it is a waste of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE ELEPHANT — (~s) If you describe something as a ~, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WHITE ELEPHANT — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The dam has become something of a white elephant . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHITE ELEPHANT — Synonyms and related words : Christmas present, award, birthday present, box, burden, burthen, cadeau, cargo, charge, cross, cumbrance, deadweight, difficulty, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHITE ELEPHANT — {n. phr.} Unwanted property, such as real estate, that is hard to sell. * /That big house of theirs on …
Slang English vocab
WHITE ELEPHANT — {n. phr.} Unwanted property, such as real estate, that is hard to sell. * /That big house of theirs on …
Словарь английских идиом
WHITE ELEPHANT — a purchase that was not used, a useless object Should we take the statue of Stalin to the White Elephant …
English Idioms vocab
WHITE ELEPHANT — a purchase that was not used, a useless object Should we take the statue of Stalin to the White Elephant …
English Idioms vocabulary
WHITE ELEPHANT — 1) белый слон (животное - объект почитания в Индии и на Цейлоне, которое нельзя было использовать как рабочее. По легенде, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE ELEPHANT — Большие бессмысленные работы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE ELEPHANT — обременительное имущество; подарок, который неизвестно куда девать
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHITE ELEPHANT — 1) белый слон (животное - объект почитания в Индии и на Цейлоне, которое нельзя было использовать как рабочее. По легенде, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WHITE ELEPHANT — громоздкий подарок, бесполезная вещь, обременительное имущество
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WHITE ELEPHANT — громоздкий подарок, бесполезная вещь, обременительное имущество
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WHITE ELEPHANT — 1) белый слон ( животное - объект почитания в Индии и на Цейлоне, которое нельзя было использовать как рабочее. По …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WHITE ELEPHANT — 1) белый слон (животное - объект почитания в Индии и на Цейлоне, которое нельзя было использовать как рабочее. По легенде, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WHITE ELEPHANT — обременительное имущество; подарок, который неизвестно куда девать
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WHITE ELEPHANT — обременительное имущество; подарок, который неизвестно куда девать
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WHITE ELEPHANT — бирж. "белый слон" (выражение, обозначающее сделку, при которой расходы превышают потенциальную прибыль) See: gambling
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по финансовым рынкам
WHITE ELEPHANT — 1) белый слон (животное - объект почитания в Индии и на Цейлоне, которое нельзя было использовать как рабочее. По легенде, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed …
Английский словарь Британика
ELEPHANT — I Any of three ungulate species in the order Proboscidea (family Elephantidae), characterized by their large size, long trunk, tusks, …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt also ˈwī-; usu -īd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English white, whit, from Old English hwīt; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELEPHANT — ˈeləfənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English olifaunt, elephant, from Old French & Latin; Old French olifant elephant, ivory, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELEPHANT — (n.) Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.
Английский словарь Webster
WHITE — /hwuyt, wuyt/ , adj., whiter, whitest , n. , v. , whited, whiting . adj. 1. of the color of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELEPHANT — — elephantoid , adj. /el"euh feuhnt/ , n. , pl. elephants , ( esp. collectively ) elephant for 1. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt, ˈwīt adjective ( whit·er ; whit·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwīt; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELEPHANT — noun ( plural elephants also elephant ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French olifant, elefant, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE — noun a white pigment; as, venice white. 2. white ·superl gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. 3. white …
Webster English vocab
ELEPHANT — noun ivory; the tusk of the elephant. 2. elephant ·noun a mammal of the order proboscidia, of which two living …
Webster English vocab
WHITE — [white] adj whit.er ; whit.est [ME, fr. OE hwit; akin to OHG hwiz white and prob. to OCS svetu light, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ELEPHANT — [el.e.phant] n, pl elephants also elephant often attrib [ME, fr. MF & L; MF olifant, fr. L elephantus, fr. Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ELEPHANT — Indian elephant (Elephas maximus). African elephant (Loxodonta africana). either of two species, Elephas maximus, the Indian elephant, and Loxodonta africana, …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHITE — white, White BrE AmE waɪt hwaɪt — Preference poll, British English: waɪt 77%, hwaɪt 23%. ▷ whited ˈwaɪt ɪd ˈhwaɪt-, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ELEPHANT — elephant BrE AmE ˈel ɪf ə nt -əf- ▷ elephant|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHITE — / waɪt; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( whiter , whit·est ) 1. having the colour of fresh …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ELEPHANT — / ˈelɪfənt; NAmE / noun a very large animal with thick grey skin, large ears, two curved outer teeth called …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE — I. white 1 S1 W1 /waɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ white , ↑ whiteness , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ELEPHANT — el ‧ e ‧ phant /ˈeləfənt, ˈelɪfənt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ELEPHANT — n. (pl. same or elephants) 1 the largest living land animal, of which two species survive, the larger African (Loxodonta …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHITE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ELEPHANT — n. (pl. same or elephants) 1 the largest living land animal, of which two species survive, the larger African (Loxodonta …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Oxford English vocab
ELEPHANT — n. (pl. same or elephants) 1. the largest living land animal, of which two species survive, the larger African (Loxodonta …
Oxford English vocab
WHITE — ( whiter, whitest, whites) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ELEPHANT — ( elephants) An elephant is a very large animal with a long, flexible nose called a trunk, which it uses …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ELEPHANT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES white elephant ▪ When the theatre first opened it was widely regarded as a white …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHITE — n. white whale White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed mouse great white …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ELEPHANT — n. elephant bird Elephant Man elephant seal
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

American Idioms English vocabulary

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