Eat the elephant

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A huge mess that no one wants to deal with. Like a giant pile of rotten pizza that’s been left in the sun for a week.
My mom’s idea of cleaning the house was eating the elephant.
The project was eating the elephant. No one knew what to do.
He tried to eat the elephant by himself. It was a disaster.
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A job so big it might as well be a curse. You’re stuck with it until it’s done or you’re dead.
The boss said this was eating the elephant. I didn’t believe him until I saw the spreadsheet.
I got stuck eating the elephant because I didn’t ask for help.
She signed up for eating the elephant and now she’s regretting it.
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A problem so huge it might as well be a monster. You’re going to have to fight it or get eaten by it.
That math test was eating the elephant. I barely passed it.
He had to eat the elephant because he didn’t study.
The monster in the game was eating the elephant. I had to beat it.
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A task so big it could make you cry. You’re going to be working on it for a really long time.
My mom told me I had to eat the elephant. I didn’t know it was that bad.
The homework was eating the elephant. It took me three days to finish it.
He had to eat the elephant all by himself. He cried the whole time.
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A job that’s so big it might as well be a joke. You’re going to get stuck with it until it’s done.
The teacher said we had to eat the elephant. It was like a joke.
I had to eat the elephant because I was the only one who could do it.
She laughed when she heard we had to eat the elephant. It turned out to be real.
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