article_snippet: There was even a 19th-century phrase, "to see the elephant," a euphemism used by soldiers for seeing battle, recognizing the wonder and rarity of these giant animals.
article_snippet: When Barnum announced Barnum was going to bring a white elephant back from Asia, a competitor whitewashed a white elephant and engaged in a media war.
article_snippet: (The clash popularized a white elephant.")
article_snippet: In a way, the elephant is kind of the bellwether animal.