sacred cow

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

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: hellig ko — something which cannot be tampered with
• Finnish: pyhä lehmä — something which cannot be tampered with
• French: monstre sacré — something which cannot be tampered with
• French: vache sacrée — something which cannot be tampered with
• German: heilige Kuh — something which cannot be tampered with
• Greek: ιερή αγελάδα (ierí ageláda) — something which cannot be tampered with
• Hebrew: פרה קדושה (para kdosha) — something which cannot be tampered with
• Hungarian: szent tehén — something which cannot be tampered with
• Polish: święta krowa — something which cannot be tampered with
• Portuguese: vaca sagrada — something which cannot be tampered with
• Russian: свяще́нная коро́ва (svjaščénnaja koróva) — something which cannot be tampered with
• Spanish: vaca sagrada — something which cannot be tampered with
• Swedish: helig ko — something which cannot be tampered with