Examples of 'white elephants' in a sentence

Meaning of "white elephants"

white elephants - This phrase typically refers to valuable possessions or assets that are expensive to maintain or difficult to get rid of. It can also symbolize something burdensome or without practical use, often used in the context of unwanted or impractical gifts or investments
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These white elephants are never paid off.
She sits between two white elephants.
My white elephants cornered the market.
There will be no white elephants for sure.
Corruption has resulted in no shortage of white elephants.
Otherwise socalled white elephants are created.
White elephants are only nominally white.
We hope they do not become white elephants.
White elephants are usually things that no one wants.
Now you own some white elephants.
White elephants were considered sacred and therefore could not be worked.
Thesis paper hills like white elephants.
White elephants multiplied.
Analysis essay hills like white elephants.
Three white elephants are currently held in a pavilion on the outskirts of Yangon.

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Analytical essay on hills like white elephants.
No more white elephants.
These projects were seen as vanity projects or white elephants.
I left all of my white elephants at home.
The reality is that such lines are in danger of becoming white elephants.
Consider them white elephants.
The worst thing that might happen is that these islands become white elephants.
Dreams with white elephants.
Stadia built for great sporting events turn out to be white elephants.
Enough about white elephants.
Sorokin added that the budget would not fund any white elephants.
A port and white elephants.
The white elephants that dragged Spain into the red.
In the central hall are the bones of white elephants.
He describes the four white elephants kept by the king of Pegù.
Many projects have turned into white elephants.
There will be no white elephants at a London Games.
Many of the stadiums risk becoming white elephants.
How are them white elephants coming along?
Some of these parastatals have become white elephants.
My white elephants cornered the market . yes.
I know nothing about white elephants.
King Rama II, owner of 3 white elephants had this sacred animal placed inside the chakra.
Africa is littered with white elephants.
Can white elephants really fly?
Bright green with white elephants.
The first officially recognized organization was not formed until 5 years later as the White Elephants.
They are the white elephants.
Sarawak the largest state in Malaysia is the land of the fabled white elephants.
We have become white elephants.
The International Olympic Committee warned in August that the venues could become white elephants.
Eliminating white elephants.
In the end, a considerable number have become white elephants.
Kings of Thailand would bequest albino white elephants to courtiers who displeased them.
China has giant unused wind farms - thousands of spinning white elephants.

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