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This tag is for questions related to the English language as used in the United States of America.

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Term for Gift that Turns out to be a Burden

What is the English term for when someone thinks they are doing something nice for you but it ends up making things worse. EX: Someone buys you an elephant -- nice gesture and cool! But now you have t …
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