<P> In 1814 , Ivan Andreevich Krylov ( 1769 -- 1844 ) , poet and fabulist , wrote a fable entitled `` The Inquisitive Man '' which tells of a man who goes to a museum and notices all sorts of tiny things , but fails to notice an elephant . The phrase became proverbial . Fyodor Dostoevsky in his novel ' Demons ' wrote , ' Belinsky was just like Krylov 's Inquisitive Man , who did n't notice the elephant in the museum ... ' </P>
<P> In 1814 , Ivan Andreevich Krylov ( 1769 -- 1844 ) , poet and fabulist , wrote a fable entitled `` The Inquisitive Man '' which tells of a man who goes to a museum and notices all sorts of tiny things , but fails to notice an elephant . The phrase became proverbial . Fyodor Dostoevsky in his novel ' Demons ' wrote , ' Belinsky was just like Krylov 's Inquisitive Man , who did n't notice the elephant in the museum ... ' </P>
where does the saying the elephant in the room come from
where does the saying the elephant in the room come from
Ivan Andreevich Krylov ( 1769 -- 1844 ) , poet and fabulist
Ivan Andreevich Krylov ( 1769 -- 1844 ) , poet and fabulist