a sacred cow

a belief or system that is treated with much respect and is not usually criticized The British legal system remains a sacred cow, despite increasing evidence that serious mistakes have been made.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kirby	['kɜ:bi]
Moore	['muə]
Muhammad	mu-HAHM-mahd (Arabic)	Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Tajik, Indonesian, Malay
Avtandil	-	Georgian, Literature
Baila	-	Yiddish
Anatol	-	Polish