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.
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.
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"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.
It's a useless action. (A dead horse won't pull your wagon no matter how much you beat him.)
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.)
- 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.
No good with a dead horse.
The Horse Is Dead was created in 1996.
In Mandarin Chinese, "To beat a dead horse" means "白费口舌(báifèikǒushé)" or "徒劳无功(túláowúɡōnɡ)." If you want to persuade others to change their decision, it is "白费口舌."
She's gonna beat that horse until it's dead ten times over.
It means don't keep drilling in your point when it is already understood. Such as not reminding people about something constantly.
Dead Horse - song - was created in 1991.