The foreign aid to the country was believed to be nothing but a white elephant.
（那個國家得到的外援不但無益而且成了沉重的負擔。）
When he planned to sell his house, his expensive furniture became white elephants.
（他想要賣房子的時候，他的昂貴的家具成了累贅。）
由于“white elephant”有上述的意思，因而出現了“a white elephant sale”（白象義賣）。不過這種以慈善為目的的義賣，所賣的不是白象，而是有心人士所捐出的家里不再需要之物品。
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