WHAT FOR WE CALL WHITE ELEPHANTS?

@ssh123 (31071)
India
October 3, 2006 8:36am CST
No one has seen white elephant, but how did this originate?
3 responses
@rladiga00 (1165)
• India
3 Oct 06
There is no white elephant This is used in a proverb to explain how a factory running under huge loss, and if one has to maintain the factory, it is called as maintaing white elephant. That means it is prohibitively expensive to maintain.
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@ssh123 (31071)
• India
28 Jan 07
Your response has been given BR
• United States
3 Oct 06
It's also used to describe when someone buys something useless.
@rladiga00 (1165)
• India
3 Oct 06
Thanks for the comments.