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pptxOrigin of White Elephant
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A white elephant is an idiom for a valuable but burdensome possession of which its owner cannot dispose and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep) is out of proportion to its usefulness or worth.
-> 그것의 유용성에 걸맞지 않게 비싼 유지비용이
필요한 물건, 가치는 있지만 소유하기에 부담스러운 물건을 의미하는 관용구
The term derives from the story that the kings of Siam (now Thailand) were accustomed to make a present of one of these animals to courtiers who had rendered themselves obnoxious, in order to ruin the recipient by the cost of its maintenance. In modern usage, it is an object, scheme, , business venture, facility, etc., considered to be a little value.[
