Would Be Beating a Dead Horse?
Flogging a Dead Horse Is an Idiom That Means a Particular Effort Is a Waste of Time as There Will Be No Outcome, Such as in the Example of Flogging a Dead...
Flogging a dead horse is an idiom that means a particular effort is a waste of time as there will be no outcome, such as in the example of flogging a dead horse, which will not cause it to do any useful work.
What does it mean when someone says beating a dead horse?
1 : to keep talking about a subject that has already been discussed or decided I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I still don't understand what happened. 2 : to waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible Is it just beating a dead horse to ask for another recount of the votes?
How do you say beating a dead horse?
- belabor.
- dwell upon.
- flog a dead horse.
- harp on.
- linger over.
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