emperor's new clothes

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English

Etymology

After The Emperor's New Clothes, a tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.

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emperor's new clothes pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic) Something obvious and embarrassing that is politely ignored or that goes unacknowledged.

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