Every once in a while someone will retort, "There's a pink elephant in the room," or "There's a white elephant in the room." In fact they're not referring to gag gifts nor are they drinking heavily. Let's just keep our elephants straight from now on, shall we? |
elephants and mixed metaphors |
for Jerm... |
elephant in the room expression that describes an awkward feeling in the room that everyone is feeling but no one is acknowledging. white elephant (gift) a gag gift--so bad it's humorous (hopefully) (seeing) pink elephants slang expression for being a few too many martinis into the wind |
Every once in a while someone will retort, "There's a pink elephant in the room," or "There's a white elephant in the room." In fact they're not referring to gag gifts nor are they drinking heavily. Let's just keep our elephants straight from now on, shall we? |
