Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On 23/02/2025 7:51 a.m., Christian Weisgerber wrote:

On 2025-02-22, Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid> wrote:
 

Nice. It makes me wonder, does Dutch have the equivalent of 'the
elephant in the room', for an obvious problem that everyone avoids
mentioning?

 Isn't this essentially the same as "the emperor's new clothes", so
"de nieuwe kleren van de keizer"?
 

Almost the inverse:
EITR - something everybody can see, but nobody wants to talk about
ENC - something nobody can see, but everybody pretends to see and talks about, until the little boy...