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gen. sacred cow (An idea, custom, or institution held, especially unreasonably, to be above criticism (with reference to the Hindus' respect for the cow as a sacred animal) – e.g. the sacred cow of monetarism); sacred cow (в Индии)
fig. sacrosanct (то, чего нельзя касаться в обсуждении, критиковать Vadim Rouminsky)
literal., relig. holy cow
rel., budd. sacred cow
relig. sacred cow (English-language formulation of the Hindu principle of the sanctity of all life, including animal life and especially that of the cow, which is accorded veneration)
slang sacked cow