pink elephant

collocation in English

meaningsofpinkandelephant

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pink
adjective
uk
/pɪŋk/us
/pɪŋk/
of a pale ...
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elephant
noun[C]
uk
/ˈel.ɪ.fənt/us
/ˈel.ə.fənt/
a very large grey mammal that has a trunk (= long nose) with which it can pick ...
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(Definition ofpinkandelephantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thepinkelephantballoon from both the comic and the film is also seen at the beginning of the video.
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The foyer's repainting in bright pink in the summer of 2004 included building artwork and the entrance to the main auditorium is now guarded by fourpinkelephantstatues.
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She is apinkelephantwho is very kind to others, even though a bit clumsy and ignorant to her natural superior strength as an elephant.
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A furrypinkelephantwho loves reading.
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Mackenzie and her friends manage to track him down inside apinkelephantstructure.
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Does he realise that far too many pink elephants are seen in this country already?
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The jumbos are coming, and they are not white elephants; they are not even pink elephants.
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Lyrically, the song evokes a psychedelic fantasy landscape, in which pink elephants roam with dancing moons and mermaids.
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The pictures, especially ones with rare animals such as pink elephants, bring rewards for the player similar to the treasure chest in the other levels.
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Maybe coincidentally or perhaps a remnant of the 19th century elephant idiom, the 20th century euphemism seeing pink elephants is a term to denote drunk hallucinations.
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Bim had explained earlier that alcoholics usually imagine seeing small animals rather than pink elephants.
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