| 词组 | be beating a dead horse |
| 释义 | (redirected from be beating a dead horse)be flogging a dead horseTo be continuing to focus on something, especially an issue or topic, that is no longer of any use or relevance. I don't know why you're flogging a dead horse—the rest of us have moved on from that problem. be flogging a dead horseBRITISH orbe beating a dead horseAMERICANIf someone is flogging a dead horse, they are wasting their time trying to achieve something that cannot be done. After putting in all that hard work it feels like we're flogging a dead horse — it's all very discouraging. You're beating a dead horse on this. These guys are defeated. |
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