elephant in the room

Etymology
Likely US origin, or possibly from 1814 fable, The Inquisitive Man, which tells of a man going to a museum and noticing all sorts of things apart from an elephant.

Noun

 * 1)  A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: በክፍሉ ውስጥ ዝሆን
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: փիղ մեջ տարածությունը
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 房間裡的大象
 * Dutch: olifant in de kamer
 * Esperanto: elefanto en la ĉambro
 * Finnish: vaiettu tosiasia, virtahepo olohuoneessa
 * French:
 * Georgian: ადგილში სპილო
 * German: Elefant im Raum
 * Hebrew: פיל בחדר
 * Hindi: कमरे में हाथी
 * Hungarian: elefánt a szobában
 * Indonesian: gajah di dalam sang kamar
 * Italian: elefante nella stanza
 * Japanese: 部屋の象
 * Korean: 방안의 코끼리
 * Latvian:
 * Malay:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: elefante na sala
 * Romanian: elefantul din cameră
 * Russian: слона-то я и не приметил, скользкая тема,
 * Spanish: elefante en la habitación
 * Swedish: elefanten i rummet
 * Thai: ช้างในห้อง
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: