The phrase
"elusive thing" refers to something that is difficult to find or understand. It is elusive because it evades or escapes our attempts to grasp or achieve it.
Full definition
Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«elusive»
«thing»
Sentences with «elusive thing»
- And it's the most elusive thing in life, is personal happiness. (freakonomics.com)
- Maybe you should take blood from every man around, she says, every man in the country if need be; babies should have their DNA registered at birth and kept on record... at which point the viewer starts to feel his / her sympathies shift from Mildred, who is perhaps slightly mad, to Willoughby, who is charged not only with keeping order, but meting out that elusive thing called justice. (americamagazine.org)
- Finally, HR also gains ethical significance by embodying most of the few tools available for managers to shape that elusive thing known as corporate culture. (canadianbusiness.com)
- (see all
sentences)