Question

Choose one idiom and describe a situation whereit can be appropriately ased.
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Answer 1

"A white elephant." Means something that has cost a lot of money but has no useful purpose. The term is derived from a traditional Asian practice of a monarch owning a white elephant; the elephant was considered sacred, but it was very costly and impractical to own. For example, boys father has given him an old Rolls Royce, but it's a real white elephant. He has no place to park it and can't afford the gas for it.