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Significados de white elephant en inglés

ruso
белый слон
portugués
elefante branco
español
elefante blanco
catalán
elefant blanc

Idiom – name for large constructions that are not used.

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Uso de white elephant en inglés
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These men who stole the sacred white elephant are brave and desperate.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
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It's as good as the sacred white elephant or the blood-sweating hippopotamus.
Twelve Men
3
Chang Phoouk, or white elephant, as a deity, and worship it accordingly.
The English Governess at the Siamese Court / Being Recollections...
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But the white elephant raises shrugs in Mantecal wherever it is mentioned.
Reuters
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Can she be sure it won't end up being another white elephant?
The Guardian
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To the puppeteers, the quantum II hyperdrive shunt was a white elephant.
Ringworld
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The cannery was a white elephant, without takers in the market.
Poor Man's Rock
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The South was finding black slavery a sort of white elephant.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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The king, seated on his great white elephant, was riding through the city.
More Jataka Tales
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He was miraculously conceived-hismother's side in the form of a white elephant.
Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
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The latter remains, and, thanks to the white elephant, may be triumphantly successful.
Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face
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Barnum with Tom Thumb and the white elephant never made such a sensation.
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition
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There had always been a white elephant in Miss Emily's window.
The Tin Soldier
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Anyone out there remember the great white elephant that was Wimbledon for Dublin?
The Irish Times
15
It belongs to the King's cousin, Prince Joseph, and is a white elephant.
Without Prejudice
16
I'm told that new house of his is a white elephant.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. / The Man Of Property
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