It seems from your correspondence column that harold wilson is a sacred cow 从你的读者来信专栏看,哈罗德?威尔逊好像是个批评不得的人。
A sacred cow 神圣之物
This has become her sacred cow - nothing can change her schedule rain or shine 这已经成为她神圣不可侵犯的活动了,什麽事都不能改变她的日程,真是雷打不动。 ”
With these great alternatives to milk , one might even say it is time to put that old sacred cow out to pasture 有了这些牛奶以外的选择,我们甚至可以说,现在该是时候“让那头老牛去吃草”了。
One of our biggest sacred cows is the national social security program which pays many older americans a pension 这句话的意思是:我们最神圣不可侵犯的项目之一就是为美国老年人提供退休金的全国社会保障计划。
It has been six thousand years already . why rush now ? / in a hurry , the sacred cow takes it for granted to rest in the middle of the street 反正已经过了六千年了,又何必急在这一刻呢? /忙乱之中,神牛以司空见惯的超然安卧街心。
Veterans like myself will say that the sacred cow has been slaughtered and now anybody and everybody can partake of the feast at any time 像我这样的政界老手在此想说的是, “圣牛”已经被宰杀了,现在每个人都可以随时分享这一盛宴。