English Dictionary

800-pound gorilla

noun

(idiomatic) An entity that dominates its environment. / (idiomatic) Something dangerous, menacing, or frightening that is obvious but not addressed.

The 800-pound gorilla in the room is the lack of funding for education.

意味（1）

(idiomatic) An entity that dominates its environment.

When it comes to the lucrative search market, Google, not Microsoft, is the 800-pound gorilla.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) Something dangerous, menacing, or frightening that is obvious but not addressed.

However, a co-author of the new study said those arguments ignore the “800-pound gorilla”: sky-high prices everywhere.