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I can't believe it's already 2 weeks! I'm actually kind of proud of myself because I usually don't keep doing anything this long before I think of some excuse. So thanks for your "likes" and comments. It's really keeping me going.
Today I wanted to talk about a phrase that is pretty cool.
It's "The elephant in the room"
People will often say ask something like, "so, should we talk about the elephant in the room?"
The "elephant in the room" means some awkward or embarrassing topic that everyone knows about but no one wants to be the first one to mention it. Everyone knows and is thinking about it, but everyone is too shy or embarrassed to face the topic.
If you are at an office meeting and one of the workers is not there because they were fired, it might be "the elephant in the room". Everyone knows the person got fired but the boss was too embarrassed to talk about it so he just pretended that nothing happened. Of course, everyone noticed and felt weird.
I hope this makes sense. It's a pretty cool phrase once you know how to use it. Check out day one of my English course
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