Welche Bedeutung steckt hinter der hier vorgestellten Vokabel aus dem Bereich Nice to know?

Quaide: 'Ever since Rachel and I split up, people around us act like there's an elephant in the room. It is really causing a lot of tension.' Sally: 'I'm sorry to hear that, but I know what you mean. Sometimes you wish that your ex-partner would just get a job somewhere else.'

there's an elephant in the room

Do you know what it means?

• people are chattering loudly and ignoring their surroundings
• certain people are wearing a very unhappy expression
• something everybody knows about but is too embarrassed to mention