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"elefante" in English
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Aquí se vuelve a levantar un elefante blanco bajo el mantel con el pretexto de prestar ayuda.
We are building a new white elephant under the guise of development aid.
La fusión es un elefante blanco de cabo a rabo, en el que se han despilfarrado miles de millones de ecus.
Fusion is a complete white elephant, on which billions of ECUs have been wasted.
La caza furtiva ilegal del elefante se realiza ahora a mayor escala, también en África austral.
Illegal elephant poaching is now taking place on a much bigger scale, also in southern Africa.
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Context examples for "elefante" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
¿Y qué está haciendo el señor Barroso, dando vueltas como un elefante en una tienda de porcelana, como siempre?
And what is Mr Barroso doing, going around like a bull in a china shop as usual?
Ayer dije que el Consejo era el elefante invisible.
These rights must form the centrepiece of the new agenda.
¿sabes el cuento del elefante que …?
do you know the joke about the elephant that …?
¿sabes el cuento del elefante que …?
do you know the one about the elephant that …?
tiene la piel más dura que un elefante
he's got a hide like a rhinoceros
tiene una memoria de elefante
she's like an elephant, she never forgets
como un elefante en una cacharrería
like a bull in a china shop
elefante africano de sabana
African bush elephant
una cría de elefante
a baby elephant
un elefante macho
a bull elephant
un elefante hembra
a cow elephant
Los europeos incluso cedemos la iniciativa a los americanos, que envían a Jesse Jackson, y permiten que se comporte en Freetown como un elefante en una cacharrería.
We Europeans even leave the initiative to the Americans who send Jesse Jackson and let him loose in Freetown like a bull in a china shop.
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