flog a dead horse
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English Dictionaryflog a dead horseto waste time trying to do something that will not succeed
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Idiomsflog a dead horse [British, American & Australian, American]to waste time trying to do something that will not succeed.
You're flogging a dead horse trying to persuade Simon to come to Spain with us - he hates going abroad. (usually in continuous tenses)
Do you think it's worth sending my manuscript to other publishers or I am just beating a dead horse? [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
flog a dead horse• flog/beat a dead horse
to continue fighting a battle that has been won, to continue to argue a point that has been settled
My friend was flogging a dead horse when she would not stop arguing about the mistake on her paycheck.
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