Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - white elephant
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White elephant
white elephant
noun Date: 15th century 1. an Indian elephant of a pale color that is sometimes venerated in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Myanmar 2. a. a property requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit b. an object no longer of value to its owner but of value to others c. something of little or no value
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1.
бирж. "белый слон" (выражение, обозначающее сделку, при которой расходы превышают потенциальную прибыль) See: gambling ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
2.
(white elephants) 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. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
~ n something that is completely useless, although it may have cost a lot of money ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
4.
{n. phr.} Unwanted property, such as real estate, that is hard to sell. * /That big house of theirs on the corner sure is a white elephant./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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