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What is literal meaning of the dead beat?
The LITERAL meaning is of a beat (whatever animal that may be) that has died.
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.
Fourth horse in red dead redemption?
beat the story mode
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.
What word would describe beating a dead horse?
It's a useless action. (A dead horse won't pull your wagon no matter how much you beat him.)
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 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.
What is the meaning of shooting a dead horse?
"shooting a dead horse"means that you are repeatedly doing or saying something that is pointless because of the fact that the said "problem" you keep addressing has already been resolved. this is comparable to shooting a dead horse because if the horse is already dead, shooting it again isn't going to make it any more dead. Plus that would be a tremendous waste of bullets...
What is the meaning of the Aussie slang corky?
Charley horse (or Charlie horse). Also variously called a corked thigh, dead leg, granddaddy, chopper or Tommy horse.
What is a sentence for the word cliche'?
The ending of the book was just one huge, overused cliché.The editor did not like the cliché in the author's book and suggested that it is changed.
What good is the grass if the horse is dead?
No good with a dead horse.
