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flog a dead horse (British, American & Australian, American) to waste time trying to do something that will not succeed. You're flogging a dead horse trying to persuade Simon to come to Spain with us - he hates going abroad. (usually in continuous tenses) Do you think it's worth sending my manuscript to other publishers or I am just beating a dead horse? flog something to death (British, American & Australian, informal, American) to use a particular style or to discuss a particular subject so many times that it is not interesting any more. He basically takes one theme and flogs it to death for three hundred and fifty pages. No sporting event is beaten to death more than the Sugar Bowl - it is analyzed again and again by the commentators. See also: death How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Now again, to early modernists this is hardly an earth-shattering position: numerous monographs and articles over the past twenty years have provided so many counter-proofs to the Aries model that Ozment might appear to be piling on or even flogging a dead horse. This is comforting, but the next step should be to stop all financial aid to Israel since it is quite obvious we are flogging a dead horse. |
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Flogging a Dead Horse
