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English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
flog a dead horse — phrasal : to attempt to revive interest in a worn out or forgotten subject * * * flog a dead horse (informal) To waste time and energy on a lost or impossible cause • • • Main Entry: ↑flog flog a dead horse To try to work up excitement about a… … Useful english dictionary
flog a dead horse — See beat a dead horse … English idioms
beat a dead horse — beat/flog/a dead horse phrase to waste time on something that you know is not going to happen Thesaurus: to waste time, or to pass time doing unimportant thingssynonym Main entry: horse * * * waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation… … Useful english dictionary
dead horse — noun Date: 1830 an exhausted or profitless topic or issue usually used in the phrases beat a dead horse and flog a dead horse … New Collegiate Dictionary
dead horse — 1. something that has ceased to be useful or relevant. 2. beat or flog a dead horse, to persist in pursuing or trying to revive interest in a project or subject that has lost its usefulness or relevance. [1820 30, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
horse — n. animal 1) to mount; ride; walk a horse; to lead a horse by the bridle 2) to curry; harness; hobble; saddle; shoe a horse 3) to break (in) a horse 4) to breed, raise horses 5) a cart (BE), draft (AE), dray; race; saddle; thoroughbred; wild… … Combinatory dictionary
horse — I UK [hɔː(r)s] / US [hɔrs] noun Word forms horse : singular horse plural horses *** 1) [countable] a large animal that people ride. The sound that a horse makes is called neighing. The male horse is called a stallion and the female is called a… … English dictionary
horse — [hôrs] n. pl. horses or horse [ME hors < OE hors, hros, akin to Ger ross (OHG hros), prob. < IE base * (s)ker , to leap (or < ? * k̑ers , to run > L cursus)] 1. a domesticated or wild, perissodactylous mammal (Equus caballus), raised… … English World dictionary
flog — ► VERB (flogged, flogging) 1) beat with a whip or stick as a punishment. 2) Brit. informal sell or offer for sale. 3) informal focus on or promote to excess. ● flog a dead horse Cf. ↑flog a dead horse … English terms dictionary
flog´ger — flog «flog, flg», verb, flogged, flog|ging. –transitive verb. 1. to beat or whip hard: » The inhuman flogging of disobedient soldiers and sailors was stopped years ago. Trees were seen to flog the ground with their branches (Sir John Herschel).… … Useful english dictionary
