英语词汇“a white elephant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	a white elephant
释义	a white elephant something, such as a new building, plan, or project that is a waste of money and completely useless Will the complex, constructed at some expense but never used, be regarded as a monumentalfolly, a great white elephant? Examples of 'a white elephant' in a sentence a white elephant It was a bit of a white elephant really, as restaurants tend to be. Times, Sunday Times (2009) If we weren't there, it would end up being a white elephant. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It would have turned a white elephant into a vibrant enterprise. The Sun (2007) It has stood empty ever since, a white elephant surrounded by barbed wire fences. Times, Sunday Times (2009) A white elephant in the room if ever there was one. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Is smart metering a white knight or a white elephant? Times, Sunday Times (2009) Henlow need not despair that it has a white elephant. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Some say we built a white elephant and many criticised the idea. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Are we not being rather hasty in branding it a white elephant? Times, Sunday Times (2010) Fear of adventure, fear of overspend and fear of leaving behind a white elephant. Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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a white elephant