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Meaning of "flog a dead horse" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLOG A DEAD HORSE

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WHAT DOES FLOG A DEAD HORSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flog a dead horse in the English dictionary

The definition of flog a dead horse in the dictionary is to harp on some long discarded subject. Other definition of flog a dead horse is to pursue the solution of a problem long realized to be insoluble.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOG A DEAD HORSE

floccus
flock
flock paper
flock wallpaper
flockless
flocky
Flodden
Flodden Field
floe
flog
flog to death
floggable
flogged
flogger
flogging
flokati
flong
flood
flood basalt
flood control

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOG A DEAD HORSE

clotheshorse
cutting horse
dark horse
for the worse
gift horse
horse
iron horse
light horse
put the cart before the horse
quarter horse
racehorse
rocking horse
sawhorse
sea horse
seahorse
shire horse
to get off your high horse
white horse
Whitehorse
wild horse
workhorse

Synonyms and antonyms of flog a dead horse in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «flog a dead horse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLOG A DEAD HORSE

Find out the translation of flog a dead horse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flog a dead horse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flog a dead horse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

徒劳无益
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

azotar a un caballo muerto
570 millions of speakers

English

flog a dead horse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक मरे हुए घोड़े को कोड़े लगाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جلد على حصان خاسر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зря тратить силы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

açoitar um cavalo morto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটি মৃত ঘোড়দৌড় চিত্কার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fouetter un cheval mort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flog seekor kuda yang mati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flog ein totes Pferd
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死に馬にむちを打つ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽은 말 을 채찍질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jebul kuda sing mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đánh đập một con ngựa chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு இறந்த குதிரை மூடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत घोडा मारणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ölü bir atı havaya uçurmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frustare un cavallo morto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

biczować martwego konia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дарма витрачати сили
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

biciui un cal mort
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δέρνω ένα νεκρό άλογο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slaan ´n dooie perd
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

flog en död häst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piske en død hest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flog a dead horse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOG A DEAD HORSE»

The term «flog a dead horse» is regularly used and occupies the 81.502 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOG A DEAD HORSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flog a dead horse

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOG A DEAD HORSE»

Discover the use of flog a dead horse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flog a dead horse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Flog A Dead Horse: Poetry Anthology
To empower the nation through learning, Flog A Dead Horse Poetry Anthology is a book which covers author biographies for people to know about the life of an author, and a short description about the poem to make the poem more simple ...
Musa Gift Masombuka, 2014
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Science and Its History: A Reassessment of the ...
(Cervantes) To flog a dead horse is to criticize yet again an idea that has already been publicly satisfactorily criticized. Some dead horses well deserve fresh flogging every now and then. I will flog here one particular dead horse, namely the ...
Joseph Agassi, 2008
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
See night-cap.— Iron horse, a locomotive engine.— Master of the horse. See master.— Salt horse. See yalthorxe.— The age of a horse. See age.— To change a horse. See change.— To chant a horse. See chant. — To flog a dead horse, to try ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
To flog a dead horse, to try to revive interest in a worn-out topic— To hitch horses. See hitch. — To horse, (at) On horseback ; mounted. Whan the gomes of grece were alle to horse, Araied wel redi, of romayns to rekkene the numbre, Treuli ...
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The Far Side of the World (Vol. Book 10) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
I mean better to flog a dead horse than a live lion.' 'I quite agree.' 'Yet even that's not quite right, neither. I know there is a dead horse in it somewhere; but I am afraid I'm brought by the lee this time, though I rather pride myself on proverbs, ...
Patrick O'Brian, 2011
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The City-road magazine
To catch a Tartar. " The crow carried off a scorpion." Much cry, little wool. " Much chaff, little corn." Or, "A mountain labours ; a mouse is born." Necessity the mother of invention. "Poverty has learnt wisdom." To flog a dead horse. " You flog the ...
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
To flog a dead horse, to try to revive interest in a worn-out topic. — To hitch horses. See hitch.— To horse. (»t) On horseback ; mounted. Whan the gomes of grece were alle to horse, Araied wel redi, of romayns to rekkene the numbre, Treuli ...
8
Comparative Corporate Governance of Non-Profit Organizations
Accordingly, to makethe case against dead hand control in the corporate sphere would be not so much to flog a dead horse as to attack a straw target. 2 The strong duty of obedience in the law of private trusts If there is, for our purposes, very ...
Klaus J. Hopt, Thomas Von Hippel, 2010
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The End of the Party
'I admire people who try to flog a dead horse,' wriggled an evasive Tory leader. ' But the horse is dead and should no longer be flogged.'109 The Ashcroft Affair made the Tories look like a party of the selfish rich in a more effective way than ...
Andrew Rawnsley, 2010
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Samlee's Daughter: A Novel
It's just that I don't want to flog a dead horse, that's all. In any case, the facts of the case speak for themselves. Even a child can see that Ribena's story could have no other ending. Frankly, we're living in the twenty first century after all!
Vivek Iyer, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOG A DEAD HORSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flog a dead horse is used in the context of the following news items.
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Food labelling study is food for thought - not an ingredient for a ban
We do not need to flog a dead horse if we can improve the lives of hundreds of animals with a few simple measures. At Shechita UK we are in ... «Jewish Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Who has won big and who has lost large in the first half of the TV year?
You can only flog a dead horse so much before the stench becomes unbearable. Nine has tortured the renovation format, most recently with ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
3
'Errors' in exam key puts cloud on law merit list
Another example is question number 20 which asks the meaning of the expression, to flog a dead horse. As per NLU's answer key the correct ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
4
Mental Illness Is Blind to Socioeconomic Class Distinctions
Even going to work can become too heavy a burden to shoulder, and once again as I flog a dead horse, statistics show that the prevalent ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jun 15»
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NLU Delhi's AILET probably had only 1 dubious question & 1 error …
The Cambridge dictionary meaning of the phrase “to flog a dead horse” is: “to waste effort on something when there is no chance of succeeding ... «Legally India, Jun 15»
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Osama's ghost comes back to haunt US
... particular day, which Obama presented as the most significant foreign policy achievement of his first term, we are trying to flog a dead horse. «The Hindu, May 15»
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Pony sex farmer Noel Mitchell avoids jail on bestiality charges
At least he wasnt trying to flog a dead horse. FlagShare. LikeReply. This comment has been deleted. Ray 5ptsFeatured May 20, 2015. @Jill No ... «Herald Sun, May 15»
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FOX explains American Idol cancellation & promises big surprises …
Despite FOX trying to flog a dead horse with American Idol over the past few years, the execs will make sure that the format goes out with a ... «Unreality TV, May 15»
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Was That The Weirdest 'Mad Men' Scene Yet?
Not to flog a dead horse here, but I bring up Glen again in order to talk about Kieran Shipka, who was phenomenal, as usual, in this episode. «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
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Going Viral: 5 April
Let's start by taking a second to applaud US television for their relentless efforts to flog a dead horse. Who knew The Price Is Right was still ... «TenEighty, Apr 15»

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