Comments on: The elephant in the headlines http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/sayings-and-idioms-perfect-storm Global English and language change Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Gedaly http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/sayings-and-idioms-perfect-storm/comment-page-1#comment-589 Gedaly Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:55:11 +0000 http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/?p=1521#comment-589 I also enjoy "the giant squid in the room." Somehow that seems much more unsettling than having an elephant in the room. At least elephants don't have tentacles. I also enjoy “the giant squid in the room.” Somehow that seems much more unsettling than having an elephant in the room. At least elephants don’t have tentacles.

]]> By: Kati Sule http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/sayings-and-idioms-perfect-storm/comment-page-1#comment-588 Kati Sule Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:44:32 +0000 http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/?p=1521#comment-588 Just to continue the animal theme, one of my favourite ones is: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/800_lb_gorilla" rel="nofollow"><strong>800-pound gorilla</strong></a>. Just to continue the animal theme, one of my favourite ones is: 800-pound gorilla.

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