Sentences with phrase «rogue elephant»

The phrase "rogue elephant" describes an elephant that behaves aggressively or unpredictably, often causing damage or posing a threat to people and other animals. Full definition
From saving Baghdad zoo to rescuing rogue elephants, it's no wonder Hollywood is planning a film about maverick conservationist Lawrence Anthony
Enviros praised Huntsman as the heroically rogue elephant.
This failing is a serious one, though not, in my mind, the sort of failing that should call forth Bishop Wright's suggestion that an «angry superpower, like a rogue elephant teased by a little dog, has gone on the rampage stamping on everything that moves in the hope of killing the dog by killing everything within reach.»
In a typical Whitelawism, he blamed «rogue elephants» (rather than elements) in the party for defying the instruction.
Former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has accused Russia of «behaving like a rogue elephant» in Syria's civil war.
... the party wants to run a highly disciplined election campaign — there can be no place for a rogue elephant
But now all the shops will have changed, the rogue elephant in Akagera will either be dead or old news so my anecdotes about friends being chased by an angry bull elephant are no longer relevant and I bet everyone knows about the brilliant Lake Muhazi hotel and restaurant, «Seeds of Peace».
Where so many artists tend to discover a style and then steadily pursue it through endless repetitions, Polke, as one critic described him, «was more like a rogue elephant on the rampage».
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