to flog a dead horse

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• flog a dead horse — ► flog a dead horse waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation. Main Entry: ↑flog …   English terms dictionary

• 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

• flog a dead horse — See beat a dead horse …   English idioms

• flog a dead horse —    To say that someone is flogging a dead horse means that they are wasting time and effort trying to do or achieve something that is not possible.     Mark is flogging a dead horse trying to get his money reimbursed.     The company has gone… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• flog a dead horse — British, American & Australian, American to waste time trying to do something that will not succeed. You re flogging a dead horse trying to persuade Simon to come to Spain with us he hates going abroad. (usually in continuous tenses) Do you think …   New idioms dictionary

• flog a dead horse — verb a) To attempt to get extra work out of a ships crew during the dead horse period. b) To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more …   Wiktionary

• 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

• flog a dead horse — Brit. waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation. → flog …   English new terms dictionary

• 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 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

• dead horse — 1. something that has ceased to be useful or relevant. 2. beat or flog a dead horse, to persist in pursuing or trying to revive interest in a project or subject that has lost its usefulness or relevance. [1820 30, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium