emperor's new clothes
Meanings
noun
- Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
After The Emperor's New Clothes, a tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.
Synonyms
Related words
Previous
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.