Gajah putih (idiom): Perbedaan antara revisi

Dalam penggunaan modern, istilah ini sekarang sering merujuk pada proyek bangunan yang sangat mahal namun gagal memenuhi fungsinya atau menjadi sangat mahal untuk dirawat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2872499.stm|title=White elephants and worthwhile causes|date=5 Juni 2003|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/18/white-elephants-10-greatest-in-tempo|title=The 10 greatest white elephants &#124; David Shariatmadari|first=David|last=Shariatmadari|date=18 Juli 2013|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> Contohnya termasuk proyek infrastruktur yang prestisius namun tidak ekonomis seperti [[Bandar udara|bandar udara]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Govan|first=Fiona|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/8807723/Spains-white-elephants-how-countrys-airports-lie-empty.html#|title=Spain's white elephants – how country's airports lie empty|work=The Daily Telegraph|date= 5 Oktober 2011}}</ref> [[Bendungan|bendungan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalrivers.org/files/African%20Dams%20Briefings%202006.pdf|title=Dams as white elephants}}</ref> [[Jembatan|jembatan]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fm.kuac.org/post/state-s-longest-bridge-nears-completion-budget-cuts-may-limit-army-s-ability-use-it|date = 8 November 2013|publisher = KUAC|title = State's Longest Bridge Nears Completion, But Budget Cuts May Limit Army's Ability to Use It|author = Tim Ellis}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10830905.html|title=Russian bridge of trouble opens to world|work=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref> [[Pusat perbelanjaan|pusat perbelanjaan]]<ref name="businessinsider1">{{cite web|first=Adam|last=Taylor |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/new-south-china-mall-tour-a-ghost-mall-2013-3?op=1|title=New South China Mall: Tour A Ghost Mall|website=Business Insider |date=5 Maret 2013}}</ref> dan [[Stadion|stadion]] [[Sepak bola|sepak bola]] yang dibangun untuk menyelenggarakan [[Piala Dunia FIFA]].<ref name="Guardian Online March 2006">[http://football.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1734573,00.html Guardian Online] – Guardian Article regarding Stadio delle Alpi March 2006</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/070710_worldcup_stadiums/|title=World Cup: Are South Africa's stadiums white elephants? – The Sentinel |publisher=Tucsonsentinel.com|date=7 Juli 2010}}</ref> Tim [[Bisbol|bisbol]] [[Oakland Athletics]] telah menggunakan gajah putih sebagai simbolnya dan biasanya logo utamanya atau alternatifnya sejak tahun 1902, yang awalnya merupakan penyangkalan sarkastik terhadap karakterisasi tim baru [[John McGraw]] pada tahun 1902 sebagai "gajah putih".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/elephant-in-the-room|title=The Elephant in the Room|author=John Odell|publisher=Baseball Hall of Fame}}</ref>

 

 

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