white elephants

"Hills Like White Elephants" is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway.

Hills Like white Elephants是海明威的一篇著名的短篇小说。

The bricks with white elephants excavated from Dunhuang Foyemiao& Wan combs at the Western Jin period were used for giving direct evidence to prove the right times when the early Esoteric Buddhism spred into Dunhuang area.

敦煌佛爷庙湾西晋白象画像砖的发掘是敦煌早期密教传入时间考察的直接证据。

I said the mountains looked like white elephants. Wasn't that bright?

我说那些山丘看上去象白色的大象, 那不是很有兴致 吗 ?

Critics say the dams are ecologically unsound white elephants .

批评者说，大坝劳民伤财，又不利于生态环境。

I got some white elephants for presents.

我得到了一些贵而无用的礼物.