这本书会给政界带来强大的影响，因为它指出了屋子里的大象（注：指闭口不谈却确实存在的事实）。

The book stands to have a powerful impact in policy circles because it points to the elephant in the room.

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小说中的语言偶尔会松散到陈词滥调，如“我们最后在屋子里对大象演讲“。 “我能进入沼泽”“我没有通过这个不屑的测试”。

Occasionally the language slackens into cliché: “we were finally addressing the elephant in the room”; “I could get into a sticky situation”; “I hadn’t quite passed the sniff test”.

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若我说这间屋子里有一个粉红色的大象，这是事实还是谎言。

If I say there is a pink elephant in the room, is this true or lie?

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若我说这间屋子里有一个粉红色的大象，这是事实还是谎言。

If I say there is a pink elephant in the room, is this true or lie?

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