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When was Flogging a Dead Horse created?
Flogging a Dead Horse was created on 1980-02-08.
Where did the idiom 'to flog a dead horse' originate?
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.
What does a dead horse matter mean?
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.
What does the idiomatic expression still riding a deadhorse mean?
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.
What does flogging a dead horse mean?
- 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.
Its like beating a dead horse?
It means that you should stop talking about the subject because it's useless and already been talked about enough. (A dead horse won't do anything for you, no matter how many times you beat it.)
Where did beat a dead horse come from?
The first known uses of this were actually worded "flogging a dead horse". The English politician John Bright used the phrase in 1859 in the House of Commons, and later in 1872 in reference to raising an issue in which Parliament seemed uninterested.
What does 'to flog a dead horse' mean?
"To flog a dead horse" is the English equivalent to "to beat a dead horse", which means to do something over and over again when it is not necessary, whether it be saying something or doing something.
Is Hilary Duff dead in 2011?
no
Who killed Hilary Duff?
She isn't dead
Is Hilary Duff really dead or alive?
she is alive
Is sir Edmund Hilary dead yet?
yes
