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[floɡ]past tense, past participle - flogged; verb(to beat; to whip: You will be flogged for stealing the money.) chicotear- flogging- flog a dead horse* * *[flɔg] vt 1 fustigar, açoitar, vergastar, chicotear. 2 incutir ou tirar com açoites. 3 atirar repetidamente a linha de pesca em. 4 sl ativar, fomentar a venda de, fazer propaganda de. 5 empenhar. he flogged it into the boy / incutiu no menino. that is flogging a dead horse isso é malhar em ferro frio. to flog it Mil marchar. to flog one’s car to death/ into the ground usar até arrebentar. to flog to death coll estragar (história, piada, etc.) por excessiva repetição. you flog yourself to death/ into the ground você trabalha demais. -
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[floɡ]past tense, past participle - flogged; verb(to beat; to whip: You will be flogged for stealing the money.) açoitar, chicotear- flogging- flog a dead horse
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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
beat a dead horse — verb To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason. After having shown us three hours of instructional and safety videos, the inspector was simply beating a dead horse by telling us to buckle up as we got into the van … Wiktionary
beat a dead horse — continue to ask or try when there is no hope They won t refund your money. You re beating a dead horse … English idioms
beat a dead horse — to waste time doing something that has already been attempted. Do you think it s worth sending my manuscript to other publishers or I am just beating a dead horse? … New idioms dictionary
beat a dead horse — (Slang) continue to deal with an issue after it has been settled; waste time on a task that will never succeed … English contemporary dictionary
beat a dead horse — Continue to argue/discuss an issue after recognizing that it cannot be resolved … American business jargon
dead horse — n. (colloq.) a topic that has been exhausted to beat a dead horse * * * [ ded hɔːs] (colloq.) [ a topic that has been exhausted ] to beat a dead horse … Combinatory 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
flog a dead horse — See beat a dead horse … English idioms
dead horse — n. a dead issue, especially one that is referred to continually. (Often with beat, whip.) □ Forget it! Don’t waste time whipping a dead horse. □ The whole business is a dead horse. Forget it … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
beat/flog a dead horse — To say that someone is beating a dead horse means that they are wasting time and effort trying to do or achieve something that is impossible. Mark is beating a dead horse trying to get his money reimbursed. The company has gone… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions