I'm familiar with it as the term 'the elephant in the living room', meaning something big, obvious and difficult to avoid that people don't want to talk about, but can't miss. For example, Tony Blair tries to avoid talking about the lies etc. leading up to the war in Iraq, tries to forget that it has all turned into a disaster and urges us to 'move on', but as far as his incumbency as PM is concerned, Iraq is the elephant in the living room.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of skye > Sent: 14 November 2006 19:07 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: way OT: 800 pound gorilla in the room > > My guess is it started off as an elephant and mutated into a gorilla. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_in_the_room > > On 11/14/06, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > any of you guys know where this originated? it is > > turning up in a commerical here in the USA - seems > > to me to mean something akin to sticking out like a sore > > thumb. > > the gorilla says > > "but what do I know, I'm only the 800 pound gorilla in the > > room" > > after offering advice to a couple pondering something or > > other - > > maybe investments. > > > > ann > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
