drive (something) into the ground

1. To manage or maintain something very poorly, resulting in its destruction, failure, or loss of functionality. If you would just remember to get your oil changed, you wouldn't keep driving your cars into the ground. This is the fourth time he's walked away from a company he helped drive into the ground.

2. To continue to discuss or address some issue or topic that is no longer of any use or relevance; to belabor something. We've all moved on from that problem, so there's no use driving it into the ground. It was enough for him to chide me for the mistake once, but he drove it into the ground again and again over the next few weeks.

drive/run/work yourself into the ˈground

work so hard that you become extremely tired: You need to be careful, or you’ll run yourself into the ground before long. With only two or three hours’ sleep a night, he was driving himself into the ground.

词组	drive (something) into the ground
释义	drive (something) into the ground drive (something) into the ground 1. To manage or maintain something very poorly, resulting in its destruction, failure, or loss of functionality. If you would just remember to get your oil changed, you wouldn't keep driving your cars into the ground. This is the fourth time he's walked away from a company he helped drive into the ground. 2. To continue to discuss or address some issue or topic that is no longer of any use or relevance; to belabor something. We've all moved on from that problem, so there's no use driving it into the ground. It was enough for him to chide me for the mistake once, but he drove it into the ground again and again over the next few weeks. See also: drive, ground Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. drive/run/work yourself into the ˈground work so hard that you become extremely tired: You need to be careful, or you’ll run yourself into the ground before long. With only two or three hours’ sleep a night, he was driving himself into the ground. See also: drive, ground, run, work Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: put (something) through its paces on its last legs be on its last legs on your/its last legs send under buy cheap, buy twice oft best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray the best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray bomb out on (something)
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