The foreign aid to the country was believed to be nothing but a white elephant.
(那個國家得到的外援不但無益而且成了沉重的負擔。)
When he planned to sell his house, his expensive furniture became white elephants.
(他想要賣房子的時候,他的昂貴的家具成了累贅。)
由于“white elephant”有上述的意思,因而出現了“a white elephant sale”(白象義賣)。不過這種以慈善為目的的義賣,所賣的不是白象,而是有心人士所捐出的家里不再需要之物品。
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