rogue elephant
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrogueandelephant
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rogue
noun[C]
uk/rəʊɡ/us/roʊɡ/
old-fashionedhumorous
a person who behaves badly but who you ...
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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 ofrogueandelephantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The truth is that each chapel can be arogueelephantwhich is out of control.
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The oddrogueelephanton either side has bucked them, but, on the whole, they have fought very hard for those negotiations.
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The dollar is therogueelephantin world affairs to-day.
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I always thought that arogueelephantunion would be a monstrous one, rather like the elephant itself, which trampled everything before it.
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I think we all recognise that there is more excitement in all quarters over onerogueelephantthan there is over 10 rogue ants.
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This firm appears to be rather arogueelephant.
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This industry, for many years, has behaved without social responsibility, like arogueelephant.
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It became not only a white elephant but arogueelephant.
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Of course, in any society there is the occasionalrogueelephant.
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Yes, of course, but in some ways he is rather a "rogueelephant", if it comes to that.
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One does not produce a mouse to curb the activities of arogueelephant.
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I am therogueelephanton this issue; in my opinion, only the best is good enough for the workers.
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No animal species can withstand us: save on the rare occasions when we have to meet arogueelephantsingle-handed, we always come out on top.
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Tragedy struck when... arogueelephanttried to shell him..., and he died from his injuries.
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There is also one case of arogueelephanthaving actually consumed a human, an attack merited to be extremely unnatural.
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There are cave men all round—and rogue elephants to boot.
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If they were elephants we would probably say, "to deal with rogue elephants".
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I am not sure that that comparison was apt because rogue elephants are not noted for their intelligence.
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The pirates and the "rogue elephants" will break voluntary arrangements.
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He expressed his concern about marauding deer and described how they came in and wandered about like rogue elephants and had to be destroyed immediately.
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