🐄 Cow
"Sacred cow"
Meaning
Something people refuse to criticize or change.
About the cow
Cows are calm, grazing herd animals, so their idioms usually describe being easily led or slow to react.
Example sentence
Grandma's soup recipe is a sacred cow; nobody may change it.
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Which idiom means...
Something people refuse to criticize or change.
More cow idioms
CowIdiom
"Have a cow"
To become very upset or angry.
CowIdiom
"Cash cow"
Something that makes money regularly.
CowIdiom
"Chew the cud"
To think slowly and carefully about something.
CowIdiom
"Sacred cow"
Something people refuse to criticize or change.
CowIdiom
"Cash cow"
Something that makes money regularly.
CowIdiom
"Have a cow"
To become very upset or angry.