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Original text - English - elephant in the living room

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Title
elephant in the living room
Text to be translated
Submitted by Taylor
Source language: English

elephant in the living room
Remarks about the translation
I'm looking for an equivalent Japanese expression here -- not a literal translation. I know the words for "elephant" and "living room" already... ;-)

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Edited by lilian canale - 7 December 2010 10:29





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17 April 2008 01:48

Taylor
Number of messages: 3
Sorry... I must have been unclear in my request. Again, I can do a choku-yaku myself -- I'm looking for an equivalent idiomatic expression that communicates the same concept as this English expression.

In English, this phrase describes "the huge problem of which we are all aware, but about which none of us are talking."

Though I'm not sure, I'm guessing that the equivalent Japanese phrase I'm looking for likely does not involve elephants or living rooms. ;-)

18 April 2008 02:43

Taylor
Number of messages: 3
That works well. Thanks!!

18 April 2008 08:28

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