WHITE ELEPHANT


Meaning of WHITE ELEPHANT in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The dam has become something of a white elephant .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Cake and white elephant stalls plus a grand prize draw.

More spaces are needed at less cost not another white elephant office block.

Saracen ambassadors bring Charlemagne a white elephant complete with exotic trappings.

There's this picturesque white elephant development on the Costa del Sol, apparently going for a song.

What do you do with a huge white elephant like that?

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