"vaca sagrada" in English

The insistence on the removal of the opt-out at all costs became a sacred cow.

EMU' s holy cow is worse than the holy cows of India.

In fixed book pricing, there is certainly no 'sacred cow' for book lovers.

EMU's holy cow is worse than the holy cows of India.

In fixed book pricing, there is certainly no'sacred cow ' for book lovers.

For the future, the sacred cow of additionality will have to be revised under new programmes.

At present, as far as many Member States are concerned, the principle of unanimity on this issue is something of a sacred cow.

For my group, the car is no sacred cow.

They have become our sacred cow.

If not, then I will have to conclude that although we may be trying the tame the car, the aeroplane has become Europe's holy cow.

He very conveniently overlooked the fact that those against fixed book pricing very probably selected the market mechanism as if it were their "golden calf" .

He very conveniently overlooked the fact that those against fixed book pricing very probably selected the market mechanism as if it were their " golden calf ".

I do not believe that all the existing constitutions are ideal but I also think, on the other hand, that the Charter is at present becoming something of a'sacred cow '.

In order to manage this sustainable development, we must go through sector by sector and perhaps also sometimes cast out this or that old holy cow which has been left over from before.

Economic growth is like a sacred cow: it is sacrosanct, with each and every consumer product required to be available on the market across the world at the same time.

Registration taxes are a sacred cow; let us then slaughter it once and for all – not least because of the environmental considerations and perhaps, indeed, with them particularly in mind.