sacred cow

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something which cannot be tampered with, or criticized, for fear of public outcry. A person, institution, belief system, etc. which, for no reason other than the demands of established social etiquette or popular opinion, should be accorded respect or reverence, and not touched, handled or examined too closely. idiomatic
    — Many sacred cows were milked dry in an unbelievable series of outrageous events.

词形变化

sacred cows plural

词源

Originally American English (early 1900s), a reference to the elevated place of cows in Hinduism.
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