Sentence examples for white elephant from inspiring English sources
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'white elephant' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used to refer to something that is a burden to maintain or an expensive item of little use. For example, "John had to wrestle with the white elephant of an old car for years before he finally decided to get a new one."
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white elephant
noun
An albino elephant.
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