How to pronounce “elephant trap”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A trap which can easily be avoided by a competent person, and thus proves the incompetence of anybody trapped by it.
• (chess) 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.

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