<P> The Oxford English Dictionary gives the first recorded use of the phrase , as a simile , in The New York Times on June 20 , 1959 : `` Financing schools has become a problem about equal to having an elephant in the living room . It 's so big you just ca n't ignore it . '' </P>
<P> The Oxford English Dictionary gives the first recorded use of the phrase , as a simile , in The New York Times on June 20 , 1959 : `` Financing schools has become a problem about equal to having an elephant in the living room . It 's so big you just ca n't ignore it . '' </P>
where does the term elephant in the room come from
where does the term elephant in the room come from
The New York Times
The New York Times