Examples of 'white elephant' in a sentence
Meaning of "white elephant"
A white elephant typically refers to an expensive, valuable, or high-maintenance possession that is burdensome or difficult to maintain or dispose of. The phrase is often used to describe something that is more of a liability or hassle than an asset or benefit
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- An albino elephant.
- A possession that is unwanted or is a financial burden; an unprofitable investment.
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I am addressing the white elephant in the room.
The white elephant that learned to fly.
They have become white elephant projects.
The white elephant was regarded a royal symbol.
He got a female white elephant soon after.
I say originality without purpose is a white elephant.
But there is a white elephant in the room.
My people are not going to chase that white elephant.
I won the white elephant gift exchange.
Critics derided the station as a white elephant.
They have got a white elephant on their hands.
I gather the new house is a white elephant.
Atleast this white elephant of a house.
And the significance of the white elephant.
A white elephant is rare and given special significance.
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This government created white elephant was unnecessary.
Shwezigon pagoda is decided to build by a white elephant.
They are used for white elephant projects.
White elephant with raised stomach.
I just went and got a white elephant gift.
The white elephant was something above an ordinary elephant.
From tusk of first sacred white elephant.
It resembles a white elephant on a grey background.
I am told this new house is a white elephant.
A white elephant is an object of little or no value.
It now risks turning into a white elephant.
The white elephant will not find a mate.
Nuclear has always been an expensive white elephant.
And then there is a white elephant in the centre.
The white elephant is nothing to be afraid of.
Adelaide does not need a white elephant to save it.
The white elephant of the family.
It costs a lot of money to keep a white elephant.
They would gift a white elephant to the assistant.
There is much more to do with white elephant.
It became a major white elephant for the council.
My people are not gonna chase that white elephant.
Rules of the white elephant exchange.
Thus the subsidies end up becoming a white elephant.
It soon became the white elephant in the room.
The white elephant of nyack disquised as a black bear.
You could not find a white elephant tonight.
The white elephant represents the purification of the senses.
It was a great big white elephant of a place.
The other was attached on the back of a white elephant.
Anything you did to this white elephant would be an improvement.
The new airport has been called a white elephant.
The white elephant party.
We have done the white elephant game.
A white elephant in the making.
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