Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is the elephant in the room and its meaning is “it is mostly used to refer to a serious problem — one which people are aware of, but choose to ignore. They think that if they do not talk about it, the problem will somehow disappear”.
Example Sentence: “The fear of getting laid off is the biggest elephant in the room for the majority of senior and super senior tech professionals in India today. Any mass firing announcements by bellwethers can instantly bring down the morale of the entire industry,’’ said B.S. Murthy, CEO Leadership Capital, a CXO hiring firm based in Bengaluru.
This phrase is present in Tech lay-offs’ cascading effect on India’s economy and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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