{"id":4552,"date":"2019-03-14T01:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/?p=4552"},"modified":"2019-05-20T16:34:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T07:34:42","slug":"rodd-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/rodd-7\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Elephant in the Room” \u8c61\u3092\u4f7f\u3063\u305f\u82f1\u8a9e\u306e\u30a4\u30c7\u30a3\u30aa\u30e0\u3092\u3054\u7d39\u4ecb\uff01"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi everyone, it’s Rodd here… Lately when we stay in our country house in a village in south eastern Thailand, we often get the village loudspeaker come on giving us a warning when there are wild<\/strong> elephants in the area, and to take care if we go outside – they can be quite aggressive if you get too close to them.
\nI have yet to see some roaming about, though I think it would be a really cool experience to see a herd of actual wild elephants! \u00a0All this talk of elephants got me thinking of a few idioms with elephants in them…<\/p>\n

“The Elephant in the Room”<\/strong><\/h2>\n\"\"\n

\u00a0Have you ever heard the idiom “the elephant in the room”?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a common saying and is often used. \u00a0Basically, if you say there is an elephant in the room<\/b>, you mean<\/b> that there<\/b> is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about.<\/p>\n

\u767d\u3060\u3051\u3068\u610f\u5916\u306b\u3082\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\u30f3\u610f\u5473\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044”A White Elephant”\uff1f<\/h2>\n\"\"\n

\u00a0Have you ever heard the idiom “white elephant”?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you hear this, it means it is a possession or project that is useless or troublesome, especially one that is expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of.<\/p>\n

In former times, the rare albino<\/strong> elephant was regarded as holy. It was highly prized by the kings of Siam(now Thailand) and its upkeep was extremely expensive. It was apparently the practice for a king of Siam to give one of the elephants to a courtier they disliked. The unfortunate recipient would usually be financially ruined by the attempt to maintain the animal.<\/p>\n

\u30d4\u30f3\u30af\u3060\u3051\u3069\u53ef\u611b\u304f\u306a\u3044”Pink Elephants”\uff1f<\/h2>\n\"\"\n

\u00a0Have you ever heard the idiom “He’s seeing pink elephants”?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Basically these are hallucinations supposedly typical of those experienced by a drunk person.\u00a0Perhaps I should see these from time to time too, as I like my beer(though from what I remember, I have never seen any pink elephants drunk or sober)!<\/p>\n

“An elephant never forgets”<\/strong><\/h2>\n\"\"\n

Have you ever heard the idiom “an elephant never forgets”?<\/p>\n

When you hear this, it means\u00a0if a person has a memory<\/b> like an elephant<\/b>, he or she has a very good memory<\/b> indeed. \u00a0It comes from the real fact, that elephants have lifelong memories of their family and places they go – just like us!<\/p>\n

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I am sure there are more elephant idioms, but none come to mind at the moment – I guess I do not have a memory like an elephant.<\/p>\n

I will keep my eyes peeled for any wild elephants in the area and get some photos if I can – safely of course! \u00a0Hmmm, perhaps there is one hiding behind that banana tree over there…<\/p>\n

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