在英文里,“房间里的大象”(The elephant in the room)指的是那些触目惊心地存在却被明目张胆地忽略甚至否定的事实或感受。类似的场面对于当代中国人来说,实在太过熟悉。
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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!
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.
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