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1 flog
[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. -
2 flog
[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 -
3 flog a dead horse
(to try to create interest in something after all interest in it has been lost.) malhar em ferro frio -
4 flog a dead horse
(to try to create interest in something after all interest in it has been lost.) malhar ferro frio -
5 to flog a willing horse
to flog a willing horsearrombar portas abertas. -
6 to flog it
to flog itMil marchar. -
7 to flog one’s car to death/into the ground
to flog one’s car to death/into the groundusar até arrebentar.English-Portuguese dictionary > to flog one’s car to death/into the ground
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8 to flog to death
to flog to deathcoll estragar (história, piada, etc.) por excessiva repetição. -
9 you flog yourself to death/into the ground
you flog yourself to death/into the groundvocê trabalha demais.English-Portuguese dictionary > you flog yourself to death/into the ground
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10 flogger
flog.ger[fl'ɔgə] n açoitador, fustigador. -
11 flogging
noun tareia* * *flog.ging[fl'ɔgiŋ] n fustigação, vergasta, surra, chicotada, açoite. he gave them a flogging / ele deu-lhes uma surra. -
12 horse
[ho:s]1) (a large four-footed animal which is used to pull carts etc or to carry people etc.) cavalo2) (a piece of apparatus used for jumping, vaulting etc in a gymnasium.) cavalo-de-arção•- horsefly
- horsehair
- horseman
- horsemanship
- horseplay
- horsepower
- horseshoe
- on horseback
- straight from the horse's mouth
- from the horse's mouth* * *[hɔ:s] n 1 cavalo. 2 garanhão. 3 cavalaria. 4 cavalete: suporte de madeira, para exercícios e ginástica. 5 sl mil dólares. 6 sl heroína (droga). • vi 1 equipar com cavalo. 2 montar a cavalo. 3 levar ou ser levado à garupa. 4 coll arreliar, vexar. 5 sl trabalhar duramente. • adj 1 relativo a cavalo, cavalar. 2 montado. from the horse’s mouth de fonte segura. he works like a horse ele é muito trabalhador. I’ll win the horse or lose the saddle tudo ou nada. pommel horse cavalo de ginástica. that’s a horse of another color isso é coisa bem diferente. to flog a willing horse arrombar portas abertas. to horse! a cavalo! to horse around (ou about) coll fazer ou perder tempo com brincadeira estúpida. to put the cart before the horse colocar o carro diante dos bois. wild horses shall not drag it from me por nada deste mundo eu revelaria isso. -
13 flogged
past tense, past participle; see flog -
14 flogged
past tense, past participle; see flog
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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
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flog — [ flag ] verb transitive 1. ) to hit someone very hard with a stick or whip as a punishment 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH INFORMAL to sell flog something to death MAINLY BRITISH INFORMAL to talk about something so much that no one else wants to hear any… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English