a thing that has no use and is no longer needed, although it may have cost a lot of money 昂贵而无用之物 Word OriginFrom the story that in Siam (now Thailand) the king would give a white elephant as a present to somebody that he did not like. That person would have to spend all their money on looking after the rare animal.
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See also: white elephant
white elephant
Something that is silly or useless: gimmick, white elephant, rubbish...
Failure: fail, fiasco, debacle...
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