a term used to describe an enormous task or group of jobs that need completing. The tasks must include physical exertion, thought and take a lot of effort, just like training an elephant.
Different coloured elephants can be used to describe the difficulty of a task along the colour spectrum; red/orange elephants are easiest, blue/purple elephants the most difficult
Q: Are you coming out tonight?
A: Can't, I've got to train an elephant
Q: What are you up to this weekend
A: I'm doing some orange elephant training
Q: That'll only take an hour, come to the bar
Q: How's your essay?
A: Harder then training a blue elephant
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.