"A white elephant" means something that is useless, although it may cost a lot of money.
“白象”指的是无用却很昂贵的东西。
That is a white elephant, and you'll never like it.
那是个大而累赘的东西，你不会喜欢它的。
The car we bought last year is a white elephant; it USES a lot of petrol and breaks down again and again.
我们去年买的那辆汽车真是累赘，耗油量大，还经常出故障。
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