The expression elephant in the room usually the elephant in the room or the elephant in the living room is a metaphorical idiom in english for an important or enormous topic question or controversial issue that is obvious or that everyone knows about but no one mentions or wants to discuss because it makes at least some of them uncomfortable or is personally socially or politically.
An elephant in the room poem.
We are thinking about the elephant as we talk together.
It is constantly on our minds.
Yet we squeeze by with how are you and i m fine and a thousand other forms of trivial chatter.
The elephant in the room poem.
For you see it is a very big elephant.
But we don t talk about the elephant.
We talk about the weather.
It is large and squatting so it is hard to get around it.
Oh please let s talk about the elephant in the room.
The elephant in the room poem by ray mather.
For if i cannot then you are leaving.
There s an elephant in the room.
We are thinking about the elephant as we talk together.
Elephant in the room by terry kettering there s an elephant in the room.
The elephant in the room there s an elephant in the room.
We all know it is there.
It is large and squatting so it is hard to get around it.
Oh please say her name.
We all know it s there.
It has hurt us all but we do not talk about the elephant in the room.
Yet we squeeze by with how are you and i m fine and a thousand other forms of trivial chatter.
By my forever child.
It has hurt us all.
We talk about everything else except the elephant in the room.
We talk about work.
Oh please say barbara.
We talk about everything else except the elephant in the room.
For you see it is a very large elephant.
Hihihow are you doing.