Complete Definition of "flog a dead horse"

English
Verb
to flog a dead horse

#dated nautical To attempt to get extra work out of a ship's crew during the dead horse period.
#(Not US) idiom beat a dead horse

Category:Horses

Translations

German: seine Zeit verschwenden, sich vergeblich bemühen
mid

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