Flogging a Dead Horse was created on 1980-02-08.
Out of desperation to win.
This is a horse term. Flogging is beating with a whip. It does no good to beat a horse that is dead, because it will never get back up and work for you.
I think this may be more of a literary question than a horse one... I believe it refers to "flogging a dead horse" which it a way of saying you are trying to get get results when the issue has been resolved or dropped.
'Flogging a horse to death' means being obsessed with something. It is not a phobia.
The Horse Is Dead was created in 1996.
Usually "flogging a dead horse" imagine you are beating the horse trying to get it to move even though it is dead. It means that you are trying to do something that cannot be done.
Fit for Flogging was created in 1993.
Flogging Molly was created in 1997.
Dead Horse - song - was created in 1991.
The Dead Horse EP was created on 2007-04-10.
- My efforts are futile - Pissing in the wind (Australian slang) etc. bark at the moon catch at shadows bite a file beat the air in vain plough the air etc.
Dead Horse Ranch State Park was created in 1972.