Amount of land by Washington annexed by pigs -- we shouldn't criticise them (6,4)
I believe the answer is:
sacred cows
'we shouldn't criticise them' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'amount of land by washington annexed by pigs' is the wordplay.
'amount of land' becomes 'acre' (I've seen this before).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'washington' becomes 'dc' (Washington DC).
'annexed by' indicates putting letters inside.
'pigs' becomes 'sows' (I've seen this before).
'acre'+'dc'='acredc'
'acredc' going within 'sows' is 'SACRED COWS'.
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