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Definition of a white elephant in English Turkish dictionary
- (Konuşma Dili) beyaz fil
- white elephant
- Artık sahibinin işine yaramayan bir şey; vaktiyle işe yarayan fakat şimdi dert olan bir şey
- white elephant
- değerli ama işe yaramayan mülk
- white elephant
- gereksiz eşya
- white elephant
- masraflı hediye
- white elephant
- büyük boy kâğıt
- white elephant
- gereksiz şeyler
- white elephant
- kimseye yar olmayan şey
- white elephant
- beyaz fil
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Definition of a white elephant in English English dictionary
- white elephant
- An ornament etc that is unwanted or is a financial burden; an unprofitable investment
- white elephant
- An albino elephant
- white elephant
- A possession that is useless or troublesome, especially one that is expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of. Origin: from the story that the kings of Siam gave such animals as a gift to courtiers they disliked, in order to ruin the recipient by the great expense incurred in maintaining the animal
- white elephant
- expensive investment that turns out to be useless and cannot be gotten rid of; object which is not needed, unnecessary item; species of elephant that is abnormally light
- white elephant
- albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive
- white elephant
- Something that is so costly to operate that the potential for profit is quite low
- white elephant
- Something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome possession
- white elephant
- albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia
- white elephant
- disapproval If you describe something as a white elephant, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is completely useless. The pavilion has become a £14 million steel and glass white elephant. something that is completely useless, although it may have cost a lot of money (From the supposed practice of the King of Siam, who gave to people he did not like a white elephant, which cost a very large amount of money to keep)
- white elephant
- unwanted object, especially something that was expensive to acquire
- white elephant
- a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive
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a white elephant
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a White el·e·phantTurkish pronunciation
ı hwayt elıfıntPronunciation
/ə ˈhwīt ˈeləfənt/ /ə ˈhwaɪt ˈɛləfənt/
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