taboos about divorce in society
the taboo against marrying a foreigner
The play violates several taboos on sexuality.
taboos surrounding menstruation
Sex is considered taboo as a topic for discussion.
The subject of death was strictly taboo in their society.
Such work was taboo to women.
In this society there is a taboo on [against\] any sort of public display of affection.— В этом обществе существует табу на любое проявление любви.
There is a taboo in Navajo culture that a pregnant woman must not look at a dead animal. — У племени Навахо существует табу на то, чтобы беременная женщина смотрела на мертвых животных.
under a taboo — под запретом
For some people, death is a taboo subject. — Для некоторых людей разговоры (упоминание) о смерти являются табу.
their names are tabooed — их имена запрещено упоминать
taboo custom — священный обычай
At one time, sex and money were taboo subjects in this culture. — Одно время разговоры о сексе и деньгах были запрещены в этой культуре.
• 'The Sweetest --' ('85 song)
• The Sweetest ___ (Sade hit)
• A divorce in some places
• Ban
• Banned
• Banned from polite conversation
• Burping in public, e.g.
• Cultural no-no
• Customary social restraint
• Deed not to be done
• Definite no-no
• Don't
• Don't do it
• Entering a sacred burial ground, say
• Forbidden
• Forbidden fruit
• Forbidden practice
• Forbidden thing
• Game with a buzzer
• Game with clue words you have to avoid
• Group no-no
• Hasbro's game of unspeakable fun
• Impermissible
• It isn't done
• It simply isn't done
• It's a no-no
• It's forbidden
• It's just not done
• It's not allowed
• It's not done
• It's nothing to speak of
• It's prohibited
• Just not done
• Like a divorce, in some places
• Like cannibalism, e.g.
• Like divorce in some places
• Like forbidden fruit
• Major no-no
• Many a fetish
• Morally wrong
• No-no
• No-no of society
• Not allowed
• Not done
• Not to be done
• Not to mention
• Off-limits
• One of the Ten Commandments, more likely than not
• One was sweetest, to Sade
• Out of bounds, in a way
• Out, by societal standards
• Pork, to a Jew, e.g.
• Prohibited
• Prohibited thing
• Prohibition
• Proscribed
• Proscribed by society as improper
• Proscription
• Sade's The Sweetest ___
• Simply not done
• Social no-no
• Socially unacceptable
• Society no-no
• Something forbidden
• Something not done
• Something not to talk about
• Something to avoid
• Something verboten
• Strictly forbidden
• Strictly off-limits
• Strictly verboten
• To be avoided
• Unacceptable
• Unacceptable in polite society
• Under a ban
• Unmentionable
• Verboten
• Verboten thing
• An inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
• A prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
under a taboo - запрещённый, находящийся под запретом
to enforce a taboo - наложить табу, табуировать
to violate the taboo - нарушить табу
taboo custom - запрещённый обряд
to declare smb., smth. taboo - запретить упоминание кого-л., чего-л., табуировать кого-л., что-л.
the mention of her name is taboo - её имя под запретом, её имя запрещено упоминать
these topics are taboo - на эти темы наложено табу, на эти темы нельзя писать
their names are tabooed - их имена запрещено упоминать