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To cow out of a breakdown 

To hyperfixate on cows to the point where you rant yourself out of a breakdown

Alternative: To show someone pictures of cows until they feel better
To Cow Out Of A Breakdown: They had to help him cow out of a breakdown last night

To cow out of a breakdown 

To hyperfixate or rant about cows during a breakdown to the point where the breakdown gets overridden by cow pictures
To Cow Out Of A Breakdown: They had to help him cow out of a breakdown last night, the chat is now filled with cow pictures

kicking a cow to move it 

(v.) To take a rash course of action that will not achieve one's goals within the time limit, yet be extremely costly, as with eurocratic ideas. Cows do not move when kicked, but it does hurt one's foot.
The eurocrat was kicking a cow to move it..

Slap a cow to get a carrot 

You can’t be a vegetarian without eating some meat?
Matthew: “You’ve got to slap a cow to get a carrot! 🥕”

Taking the cow to market 

"Did you see the size of that bird Dave's shagging"
"Yes his, Taking the cow to market"

the cow went to the swamp 

Very old Brazilian expression, which means "all is (was) lost", with no turning back. Probably from rural origin, just think a farmer trying to rescue a cow from been stuck to death in a swamp.
It's used in situations like "The situation of the company was already bad in the Telecom market, then came the Chinese products and the cow went to the swamp"