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  • Dead Horse (album) — Dead Horse Studio album by Cassetteboy Released 2005 (2005) Cassetteboy chronology …   Wikipedia

  • dead horse — I. /dɛd ˈhɔs/ (say ded haws) noun Colloquial tomato sauce. {rhyming slang} II. /dɛd ˈhɔs/ (say ded haws) Colloquial –noun 1. a debt. –phrase 2. flog a dead horse, to make useless efforts, as in attempting to raise interest in an issue …  

  • dead horse — noun 1. : advance wages for work working off a dead horse : an old debt paying for a dead horse 2. : an exhausted or profitless topic or issue arguing this question would be beating a dead horse compare dead dog …   Useful english dictionary

  • dead horse — noun a) The period of work on board ship for which the seamen have been paid in advance (usually a months wages) the end of this term being celebrated by parading a straw horse about the decks. b) rhyming slang for sauce.<! definitely used in… …   Wiktionary

  • Beating a dead horse — is an idiom that means a particular request or line of conversation is already foreclosed or otherwise resolved, and any attempt to continue it is futile. In British English and Australian English, the phrase is usually expressed as flogging a… …   Wikipedia

  • Flogging a dead horse — For the Sex Pistols album, see Flogging a Dead Horse (album). Flogging a dead horse (alternatively beating a dead horse in some parts of the Anglophone world) is an idiom that means a particular request or line of conversation is already… …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • Beating a Dead Horse to Death... Again — Infobox Album Name = Beating a Dead Horse to Death... Again Type = compilation Artist = Dog Fashion Disco Released = October 28 2008 Recorded = 2004 2008 Genre = Avant garde metal Length = 61:35 Label = Rotten Records Producer = Reviews = Last… …   Wikipedia

  • beating a dead horse — (USA) If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, they re beating a dead horse. This is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no one supports anymore; beating a dead… …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • flogging a dead horse — (UK) If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, they re flogging a dead horse. This is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no one supports anymore; beating a dead… …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • beating a dead horse — (USA)    If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, they re beating a dead horse. This is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no one supports anymore; beating a dead… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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