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"Elephant in the room" is a metaphorical idiom for an obvious problem or risk that no one wants to discuss: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/31728#:~:text=Usage-,1.,The%20phrase%20became%20proverbial. The other phrase means a hidden snag or hindrance: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nigger-in-the-woodpile In 1860, it was the title of a racist parody of Republican efforts to play down the antislavery plank: https://www.loc.gov/item/2003674571/
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