elephant trap

not getting into issues that are not of much importance

We have little time during meeting, make sure we avoid those elephant traps.

by cyberanup September 26, 2010

elephant trap

A trap in reasoning or an argument, which a sensible person wouldn't fall into. There are a lot of interview questions like this that you might need to cunningly sidestep. Keep your wits about you!

Manager: I asked the usual interview questions with the standard elephant traps but they fell into each of them.
Colleague: Oh, no. Sigh.

by jetpants October 13, 2022