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| English | Russian |
| donkey in the room | скользкая тема (= elephant in the room Lily Snape) |
| donkey in the room | деликатный вопрос (= elephant in the room Lily Snape) |
| donkey in the room | запретная тема (то же, что elephant in the room Vice President Joe Biden's highly anticipated appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert left a giant elephant (donkey) in the room: whether or not he will seek the presidency in 2016  medium.com Lily Snape) |
| like a carrot to a donkey | соблазнительная приманка (george serebryakov) |
| talk the hind legs off a donkey | говорить долго и без остановки (My grandma could talk the hind legs off a donkey. Wakeful dormouse) |