white elephant

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Определение white elephant в Английский Язык Турецкий язык словарь

Artık sahibinin işine yaramayan bir şey; vaktiyle işe yarayan fakat şimdi dert olan bir şey

değerli ama işe yaramayan mülk

gereksiz eşya

masraflı hediye

büyük boy kâğıt

gereksiz şeyler

kimseye yar olmayan şey

beyaz fil

Связанные Термины

a white elephant

(Konuşma Dili) beyaz fil

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Определение white elephant в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

An ornament etc that is unwanted or is a financial burden; an unprofitable investment

An albino 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

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

albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive

Something that is so costly to operate that the potential for profit is quite low

Something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome possession

albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia

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)

unwanted object, especially something that was expensive to acquire

a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive

Связанные Термины

white elephants

plural form of white elephant

Расстановка переносов

White el·e·phant

Турецкое произношение

hwayt elıfınt

Синонимы

albatross, ball and chain, burden, burthen, onus

Произношение

/ˈhwīt ˈeləfənt/ /ˈhwaɪt ˈɛləfənt/

Этимология

() In Siam elephants were working animals. However, white (albino) elephants were considered sacred and therefore were not to be put to work. The owner was then left to feed the elephant but could get no work from it. It is said that the King of Siam used to make a present of a white elephant to courtiers he wanted to ruin.