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elephant in the room

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elephant in the room

Summary

elephant in the room is an idiom[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of idiom entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,023 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • elephant in the room's instance of is recorded as idiom[3].
  • elephant in the room's subclass of is recorded as metaphor[4].
  • elephant in the room's Commons category is recorded as Elephant in the room[5].
  • elephant in the room's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hvjl[6].
  • elephant in the room's Quora topic ID is recorded as Elephant-in-the-Room-1[7].
  • elephant in the room's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/ElephantInTheLivingRoom[8].

Why It Matters

elephant in the room ranks in the top 4% of idiom entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,023 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). elephant in the room. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/elephant-in-the-room
MLA “elephant in the room.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/elephant-in-the-room.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_elephant-in-the-room_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{elephant in the room}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/elephant-in-the-room}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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