forbidden ground
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In Poland, forbidden ground to foreign journalists since September 1939, the first year of Nazi stewardship resulted in two balance sheets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unfortunately, Trespasser Fergusson has been so conscious of the professional sanctity of the forbidden ground that he has removed his everyday shoes and trips it awkwardly in borrowed slippers.
From Time Magazine Archive
He did not answer, and I was aware again of that feeling of discomfort, as though I had trespassed on forbidden ground.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
These as before led him upon forbidden ground, and again the wild tumult of his soul revived.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II by William A. (Alexander) Caruthers
One day as Marinell rode on the rich strand dressed in gay arms, looking here and there, he descried a rider on the forbidden ground.
From Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer
