emperor's new clothes

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged. idiomatic,plural,plural-only
    — Marks & Spencer announced a 19% fall in annual profits on Tuesday.

词形变化

the emperor's new clothes canonical,plural

词源

After The Emperor's New Clothes, a tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.
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