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Sacred cow (idiom)
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For other uses of "Sacred cow", see Sacred cow (disambiguation).
Sacred cow is an idiom, a figurative reference to cattle in religion and mythology. A sacred cow is a figure of speech for something considered immune from question or criticism, especially unreasonably so.[1][better source needed] This idiom is thought to originate in American English, although similar or even identical idioms occur in many other languages.
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