"Han har en hvit elefant."
Translation:He has a white elephant.
December 10, 2015
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"A white elephant is a possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant
Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant_gift_exchange
In American English (i can't speak for others) white elephant is a type of gift exchange activity where everybody brings a present (usually an undesirable one as a joke) and people take turns choosing from the pile on the middle or stealing from others who have already chosen. Does this exist in Norway?