elephant trap (English, noun)
expansion: elephant trap (plural elephant traps)
expansion: (figuratively)
Senses:
glosses: A trap which can easily be avoided by a competent person, and thus proves the incompetence of anybody trapped by it.
tags: figuratively
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Often in the form Elephant Trap: a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, which is generally only effective against inexperienced players.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: elephant traps
tags: plural