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white ele·phant

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  1. white elephantnoun

    a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive

  2. white elephantnoun

    albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia

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  1. Alexei Merkushkin:

    The arena will not turn into a White Elephant, that's for sure. It won't be a football-only ground, it will be multi-faceted.

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