It may be that pointing it out is politically not correct impolite or offensive.
Big pink elephant in the room.
This phrase was first introduced by sam senev who brought an actual pink elephant to a speech.
But urban dictionary has an entry for the pink elephant in the room.
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Specifically he was referring to families who refuse to admit that a family member or friend has a drinking drug problem despite very obvious signs.
The expression elephant in the room usually the elephant in the room or the elephant in the living room is a metaphorical idiom in english for an important or enormous topic question or controversial issue that is obvious or that everyone knows about but no one mentions or wants to discuss because it makes at least some of them uncomfortable or is personally socially or politically.
It s also a hallucination.
A white elephant is a troublesome or costly possession that s hard to get rid of.
Its assumed that everyone has noticed it.
One day a counselor talked about families who ignore the big pink elephant in the middle of the room he was talking about people who ignore the obvious.