Usually means: Obvious problem no one mentions.
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  1. elephant in the room: Merriam-Webster
  2. the elephant in the room: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. elephant in the room: Collins English Dictionary
  4. elephant in the room: Wiktionary
  5. elephant in the room: Dictionary.com
  6. Elephant in the room (disambiguation), Elephant in the room, The Elephant in the Room (album), The Elephant in the Room (book): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. The elephant in the room: World Wide Words

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noun:  (idiomatic) A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.

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