有一个印第安人的小房间,里面有一个摆满象牙大象的柜子。
There is a little Indian room where there is a cabinet full of ivory elephants.
所以,与其让这只大象在房间里自由地走来走去(让你生活的压力一直在那儿),不如在你和你的伴侣牵扯进去之前把它说出来。
So rather than letting the elephant in the room (the stress level in your life) walk around freely, point it out before you and your spouse get in to it.
把房间里所有东西都移到墙边,一边很认真地盯着地板看,一边问你室友:你觉得一头大象能有多重呢?
Move everything to one side of the room. Ask your roommate if he knows how much an elephant weighs, and look at the floor on the empty side of the room with concern.
房间里有一头大象,它的名字以A开头的。
There was an elephant in the room, and its name began with an A.
筹集学费已经像房间里的大象一样,成了一个不容忽视的问题。
Financing schools has become a problem about equal to having an elephant in the living room. It's so big you just can't ignore it.
其中最失败之便是海卡尔(Heikal)所谓的“房间里的大象[1]”:燃料补贴。
But its worst failure is over what Mr Heikal calls the elephant in the room: fuel subsidies.
我讨厌将比喻混合起来,但”嫉妒“确实就如同房间里一只800磅粉红色大象那么明显。
I hate to mix metaphors but it really is the 800lb. pink elephant in the room.
不能逃避问题。房间里的大象同样不能够被无视!
A problem shouldn't be ignored, and neither should an elephant in a room with you!
有一天晚上,我在我的“房间”听到一些杂音,我打开窗帘,看见了至少十几头巨大的野生大象在我的窗户外面。
One night, I was in my "room" and heard some noise, I open the curtain and saw a least a dozen huge wild elephants outside my window.
大象的房间拥有两个水池,它们每天都可以洗澡。训兽员身上通常要比大象还湿!
The elephants' new house has two pools, where they have their bath every day. The keepers usually get wetter than the elephants!
大象的房间拥有两个水池,它们每天都可以洗澡。训兽员身上通常要比大象还湿!
The elephants' new house has two pools, where they have their bath every day. The keepers usually get wetter than the elephants!
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