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flogging a dead horse

  • 1 hacerle una paja a un muerto

    (v.) = flog + a dead horse, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind
    Ex. When Harries refuted the view that Africans were 'helpless cogs in the wheels of capitalist industrialization,' he was flogging a dead horse.
    Ex. Despite all the written and spoken words, and the charge that to even raise the issue now is to beat a dead horse, there are, regrettably, a host of continuing problems in the area of fairness of headings.
    Ex. Loving people is like farting in the wind; you don't actually accomplish anything, but you feel better.
    * * *
    (v.) = flog + a dead horse, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind

    Ex: When Harries refuted the view that Africans were 'helpless cogs in the wheels of capitalist industrialization,' he was flogging a dead horse.

    Ex: Despite all the written and spoken words, and the charge that to even raise the issue now is to beat a dead horse, there are, regrettably, a host of continuing problems in the area of fairness of headings.
    Ex: Loving people is like farting in the wind; you don't actually accomplish anything, but you feel better.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacerle una paja a un muerto

  • 2 no llevar a ningún fin

    (v.) = beat + a dead horse, flog + a dead horse, fart + in the wind
    Ex. Despite all the written and spoken words, and the charge that to even raise the issue now is to beat a dead horse, there are, regrettably, a host of continuing problems in the area of fairness of headings.
    Ex. When Harries refuted the view that Africans were 'helpless cogs in the wheels of capitalist industrialization,' he was flogging a dead horse.
    Ex. Loving people is like farting in the wind; you don't actually accomplish anything, but you feel better.
    * * *
    (v.) = beat + a dead horse, flog + a dead horse, fart + in the wind

    Ex: Despite all the written and spoken words, and the charge that to even raise the issue now is to beat a dead horse, there are, regrettably, a host of continuing problems in the area of fairness of headings.

    Ex: When Harries refuted the view that Africans were 'helpless cogs in the wheels of capitalist industrialization,' he was flogging a dead horse.
    Ex: Loving people is like farting in the wind; you don't actually accomplish anything, but you feel better.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no llevar a ningún fin

  • 3 ser una pérdida de tiempo

    to be a waste of time
    * * *
    (v.) = be idle, beat + a dead horse, flog + a dead horse, fart + in the wind
    Ex. It would be idle to pretend that there have been no changes in the past twenty years.
    Ex. Despite all the written and spoken words, and the charge that to even raise the issue now is to beat a dead horse, there are, regrettably, a host of continuing problems in the area of fairness of headings.
    Ex. When Harries refuted the view that Africans were 'helpless cogs in the wheels of capitalist industrialization,' he was flogging a dead horse.
    Ex. Loving people is like farting in the wind; you don't actually accomplish anything, but you feel better.
    * * *
    (v.) = be idle, beat + a dead horse, flog + a dead horse, fart + in the wind

    Ex: It would be idle to pretend that there have been no changes in the past twenty years.

    Ex: Despite all the written and spoken words, and the charge that to even raise the issue now is to beat a dead horse, there are, regrettably, a host of continuing problems in the area of fairness of headings.
    Ex: When Harries refuted the view that Africans were 'helpless cogs in the wheels of capitalist industrialization,' he was flogging a dead horse.
    Ex: Loving people is like farting in the wind; you don't actually accomplish anything, but you feel better.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser una pérdida de tiempo

См. также в других словарях:

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  • Flogging a dead horse — est un album des Sex Pistols réalisé en 1980, et produit sur Virgin Records. L expression flogging a dead horse signifie littéralement fouetter un cheval mort, soit faire les choses en vain. Durée: 44 16 Pistes Anarchy in the U.K.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Flogging a Dead Horse — est un album des Sex Pistols réalisé en 1980, et produit sur Virgin Records. L expression flogging a dead horse signifie littéralement fouetter un cheval mort, soit faire les choses en vain. Durée: 44 16 Pistes Anarchy in the U.K.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • 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

  • 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

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  • 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… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 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 …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • flogging a dead horse — continue on needlessly …   English contemporary dictionary

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