South American with reputation: bully that you can't criticise (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
sacred cow
'south american with reputation bully that you can't criticise' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'south american with reputation bully' is the wordplay.
'south american' becomes 'SA'.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'reputation' becomes 'cred' (I've seen this in another clue).
'bully' becomes 'cow' (cow can mean to bully or oppress).
'sa'+'cred'+'cow'='SACRED COW'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sacred cow that I've seen before include "Idea above criticism" , "Much-guarded idea or institution, like Hindu bovine" , "Person or institution held to be above criticism" , "One immune to criticism" , "one not to be criticised" .)